shaftment
nounB2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
shaftmentsshaftmondshaftmanshaftmoundshaftmontshaftmonshafmanshafmetshafnet
- 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.
Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English schaftmonde, from Old English sċeaftmund (a palm, a palm's length), equivalent to shaft + mound.