Associations to the word «Handbreadth»

Wiktionary

HANDBREADTH, noun. A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm - Exodus 37:12

Dictionary definition

HANDBREADTH, noun. Any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand.

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus