FISTMELE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

About seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("fistmele" is a kind of...):

linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)

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