A measuring-rod; spec. a measuring-rod or -stick of the length of three feet; a yard-measure.

A measuring rod; = metewand, n. 1. Chiefly regional in later use.

A reed used as a measure; (hence) a unit of length based on this.

an ell-measure.

A three-foot rod for measuring. Also figurative.

? A stick cut to record a certain measurement.

A rod or staff used for measuring land; (hence in later use also) a linear measure for land, varying locally but typically equal to 9 or 10 feet…

A measuring rod; = meteyard, n. 1. regional and historical in later use.

A measuring rod. Also figurative: a criterion.

A long stick of wood or metal bar used for measuring with, esp. in surveying land. Cf. levelling rod n. at levelling, n. compounds measuring rod n.…

A measuring rod; = ell-wand, n. Phrase, to measure with the long ell, with the short ell: to measure unfairly as buyer or seller respectively.

(a) Scottish a goad; = sense 2; (b) a measuring rod; = sense 8a.

A measuring rod, an ell-measure: sometimes used for ‘yard-measure’.

A builder's or carpenter's measuring-rod. Cf. scantillon, n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

A measuring rod.

= metepole, n.

A measuring rod. (Cf. metewand, n., yard-wand, n., ell-wand, n.) Also Mining, a measure of 8 feet. Obsolete.

A stick, rod, etc., one yard (91.4 cm) in length, used to measure distance and typically marked at regular intervals into inches.

A rod, bar, or tape for measuring by the yard (but not necessarily restricted to that length).

†(a) English regional (Lincolnshire) a measuring rod; = sense 8a (obsolete); (b) a goad; = sense 2a; cf. goad stick, n.

a measuring-rod.