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noun - any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
A linear measurement approximating the width of the palm of the hand, from 22 to 4 inches (6.
HANDBREADTH - The palm is an obsolete anthropic unit of length, originally based on the width of the human palm and then variously standardized. The same name is a...
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| human-based unit of length |
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| A linear measurement approximating the width of the palm of the hand, from 2 12 to 4 inches (6.25 to 10 centimeters). |
| bDefinitionb of bHANDBREADTHb. : any of various units of length varying from about 2sup1supsub2sub to 4 inches based on the breadth of a hand. |
| any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand |
| Originally: a unit of length based on the breadth of a hand, although varying in size according to period and locality four digits, equal to three inches (approx. 7.8 cm) also figurative compare "hand", "palm" (obsolete). In later use: a distance or length likened to the width of the hand. |
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The palm is an obsolete anthropic unit of length, originally based on the width of the human palm and then variously standardized. The same name is also used for a second, rather larger unit based on the length of the human hand.The width of the palm was a traditional unit in Ancient Egypt, Israel, Greece, and Rome and in medieval England, where it was also known as the hand, handbreadth, or handsbreadth. The only commonly discussed "palm" in modern English is the biblical palm of ancient Israel. * The length of the handoriginally the Roman "greater palm"formed the palm of medieval Italy and France. * The Spanish and Portuguese "palm" (palmo or palmo de craveira) was the span, the distance between an outstretched thumb and little finger. |