Handbreadth

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

handbreadth
    n 1: any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
         [syn: {handbreadth}, {handsbreadth}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Handbreadth \Hand"breadth`\ (-br[e^]dth`), n.
   A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm. --Ex.
   xxxvii. 12.

   Syn: handsbreadth.
        [1913 Webster]

from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Handbreadth
a measure of four fingers, equal to about four inches (Ex.
25:25; 37:12; Ps. 39:5, etc.).

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