Definition of Handbreadth

1. Noun. Any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand.

Exact synonyms: Handsbreadth
Generic synonyms: Linear Measure, Linear Unit
Specialized synonyms: Hand

Definition of Handbreadth

1. n. A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.

Definition of Handbreadth

1. Noun. A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm - ''Exodus 37:12'' ¹

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Definition of Handbreadth

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Handbreadth

handbikes
handbill
handbills
handblocked
handblown
handbook
handbooks
handbow
handbra
handbrake
handbrake turn
handbraked
handbrakes
handbraking
handbras
handbreadth (current term)
handbreadths
handbuild
handbuilt
handcar
handcare
handcars
handcart
handcarts
handclap
handclapping
handclaps
handclasp
handclasps
handcloth

Literary usage of Handbreadth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"The ordinary day's journey among the Jews was thirty miles ; but when they travelled in companies, legal cubit, a handbreadth larger than the first, ..."

2. Antiquities of the Jews by William Brown, David Jennings (1823)
"A finger; a handbreadth; a span; a foot; a cubit; a fathom; a reed; the measuring line; a furlong; a, sabbath day's journey; a mile; a Bere; ..."

3. Notes, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical, on the Book of Psalms by Albert Barnes (1868)
"5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; and « mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man 1 at his best state is altogether vanity. ..."

4. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"handbreadth ; a measure of three inches. HANDCUFFS ; an instrument formed of two circular pieces of iron, each fixed on a hinge on the ends of a very short ..."

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