| 单词 | cubit-rule |
| 释义 | > as lemmascubit-rule attributive and in other combinations, as cubit-bone, cubit-length, cubit-rule (cf. foot-rule n. at foot n. and int. Compounds 3); cubit-long adj.; cubit arm n. Heraldry ‘an arm couped at the elbow’ (Cussans Handbk. Her. 115). ΚΠ a1400–50 Alexander 3908 Wild berys..With ilka tenefull tothe..A cubete lenth. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Twelfth Bk. Metamorphoses in Fables 436 But Theseus with a Club of harden'd Oak, The Cubit-bone of the bold Centaur broke. 1847 W. S. Landor Hellenics ii In ancient letters, cubit-long. 1848 C. C. Clifford tr. Aristophanes Frogs 26 Yard-measures too they'll bring and cubit-rules. < as lemmas |
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