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ˈhandbrede Obs. exc. north. dial.
Also 4 handibre(e)de, erron. 6 hand-brode, 8 -broad, 8–9 dial. -breed.
[brede n.2]
= prec.
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 158/11 Palmus, span uel handbred. 1388Wyclif Ezek. xl. 43 The brenkis of tho boordis ben of oon handibreede [1382 of oo palme]. a1400Morte Arth. 2229 Hurttes his herne-pane an haunde-brede large. c1420Pallad. on Husb. iii. 361 Vp to goon Ouer the hed too hondbrede is his kynde. 1551Turner Herbal i. Q v b, Twoo handbredes from that place. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 55 A handbrode in height. 1726Nat. Hist. Irel. 89 The thickness of two handbroads or there-abouts. 1792Burns Willie's Wife iii, Ae limpin leg a hand-breed shorter. 1828Craven Dial., Hand-breed. 1893Northumbld. Gloss., Handbraed. |