handbreadth

IPA: hˈændbrˈɛdθ

Examples of "handbreadth" in Sentences

A hand or handbreadth is a unit of measurement of length equal to.
She stood up in the handbreadth of dryness under the rustic porch.
The youngster seemed to have grown a handbreadth since she had seen him last.
It was a breathtaking display of skill, his chariot wheel missing the pole by no more than a handbreadth.
She followed him into the scullery, and combed her hair before the handbreadth of mirror by the back door.
Men are asked to refrain from reading the Shema in the presence of a woman who has a single handbreadth exposed.
Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
She replied, “[...] [During intercourse] he uncovers a handbreadth and covers a handbreadth, and it is as though he was urged on by a demon.”
Although there were several doors, if one opened them one only found oneself standing in front of a dark, smooth rock-face, scarcely a handbreadth beyond the threshold and extending vertically upwards and horizontally on both sides, seemingly without any end.
Beyond my argument of precision, another person left a comment on the post giving the calculation that shows that even if one takes the measurements given as being more precise than their stated precision, one comes out with a correct and very precise result if one takes into account the handbreadth thickness of the bath.