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Definition of Handsbreadths
1. handsbreadth [n] - See also: handsbreadth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handsbreadths
Literary usage of Handsbreadths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biblical Criticism on the First Fourteen Historical Books of the Old by Samuel Horsley (1820)
"Now the length of the whole structure was forty cubits, ie two hundred and forty
handsbreadths in the outside dimensions. The twenty thicknesses made twenty ..."
2. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"What was his description r' said St. Patrick. ' Four hands- breadths for find
was his height ; and three handsbreadths for him was the height of the Crann ..."
3. Spanish Literature: An Elementary Handbook with Indices, Etc. by Henry Butler Clarke (1893)
"The stage itself was composed of four benches, forming a square, with four or
six planks placed upon them, so as to be raised about four handsbreadths from ..."
4. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains by Katharine Berry Judson (1913)
"They raised it another time; and then another time; at last they had raised it
seven handsbreadths so that it was just under the sky arch. ..."
5. The New Sporting Magazine (1840)
"... fluttering things," several hundreds, I should think, clustered together in
the space of a few handsbreadths ; many lying dead on the ground, ..."
6. German Composition Based on Humorous Stories by Carla Wenckebach (1899)
"Ah, well,4 don't excite yourself.5 The coat reaches * to your" heels, ^ and two
handsbreadths must be cut off the bottom. But that is a small mutter and 8 ..."
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