shaftment

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An obsolete unit of length defined as 6 inches, which equals 2 palms or ²⁄₃ span; today 6 inches equals exactly 15.24 cm. (Before the 12th century, a shaftment was defined as 6+¹⁄₂ inches.)
  2. Traditionally the width of the fist and outstretched thumb.
    — A shaftment is the width of the palm and the outstretched thumb.

词形变化

shaftments plural shaftmond alternative shaftman alternative shaftmound alternative shaftmont alternative shaftmon alternative shafman alternative shafmet alternative shafnet alternative

词源

From Middle English schaftmonde, from Old English sċeaftmund (“a palm, a palm's length”), equivalent to shaft + mound (“hand”).
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