smoot
English
Etymology 1
Height of Oliver R. Smoot, who lay on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as an MIT fraternity prank.
Pronunciation
Noun
smoot (plural smoots)
- (chiefly Greater Boston) A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters).
Etymology 2
From Old Norse smátta
Noun
smoot (plural smoots)