handbreadth: Meaning and Definition of

hand•breadth

Pronunciation: (hand'bredth", -bretth"), [key]
— n.
  1. a unit of linear measure from 2 to 4 in. (6.4 to 10 cm).
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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