palmspan
English
Etymology
palm’s (“[of] the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and the fingers”) + span (“the distance between two ends of a thing, especially between those ends furthest apart from each other”)
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈpɑːmspæn/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈpɑːmspan/
Noun
palmspan (plural palmspans)
- A measure of length equivalent to the breadth of the palm of an average human hand.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:palmspan.
Translations
measure of length equivalent to a palm’s breadth
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