| 单词 | foot length |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoot length foot length n. (a) a length equivalent to that of a person's foot; a linear foot (sense A. 6a); the length of a person's or animal's foot; †(b) Angling the end portion or tippet of a fly-fishing line, made of twisted horsehair or silkworm gut; cf. gut-length n. at gut n. Compounds 2, foot line n. 3a (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > lower part of foot length1625 foot line1706 bottom line1722 1625 M. Sutcliffe Blessings on Mount Gerizzim iii. xi. 335 If I do not make him in this poynt a foote length of nose like a Curliew, let the Pope..make him king of the Canaries. 1747 B. Martin Philosophia Britannica I. vii. 126 It will vibrate only by a Foot-Length at the same time thro' the whole String. 1800 S. Taylor Angling in all its Branches ii. 112 Take your foot-length or gut-length..and loop it to the reel-line. 1912 R. E. Lloyd Growth of Groups in Animal Kingdom vi. 100 Great differences in foot length..may occur in the same community of rats. 2006 J. Utts & R. Heckard Stat. Ideas & Methods v. 166/1 Suppose Max is 70 inches tall and has a foot length of 28.5 cm. < as lemmas |
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