| 单词 | handbreadth |
| 释义 | handbreadth (once / 72959 pages) n WORD FAMILY handbreadth: handbreadths USAGE EXAMPLESIt lacks a handbreadth yet of the measure of a prince.' Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows), The Little Colonel at Boarding-Scho...(2012) The room is so richly decorated that scarce a handbreadth of the surface is free from ornament. Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick), Southern Spain(2011) Suddenly the Sub came to a dead stop almost within a handbreadth of the levelled bayonet of the Turkish sentry. Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis), The Fight for Constantinople—A Stor...(2011) n any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand Syn|Hypo|Hyper handsbreadth hand a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses linear measure, linear unit a unit of measurement of length |
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