hand-ˈbroad,a. Of the width of a hand. 1612–15Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xviii. viii, A hand⁓broad cloud.a1711Ken Hymns Evang.Poet.Wks. 1721 I. 10 The hand-broad Cloud shall the expanse bedew.1865Kingsley Herew. iii, Ill-lighted by a hand-broad window.