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Handbreadth
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Handbreadth
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the width of a hand used as an indication of length
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Handbreadth
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the breadth of the human palm
see also hand (sense 6) hand (sense 6c)Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Handbreadth
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A linear measurement approximating the width of the palm of the hand, from 2.5 to 4 inches (6.35 to 10.16 centimeters).
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