shaftment

箭杆粘羽毛和涂色的部分

词形变化

shaftments 复数 shaftments

别名

shathmont shaftmond shaftman shaftmound shaftmont shaftmon shafman shafmet shafnet

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An obsolete unit of length defined as 6 inches, which equals 2 palms or ²⁄₃ span; today 6 inches equals exactly 15.24 cm. (Before the 12th century, a shaftment was defined as 6+¹⁄₂ inches.)

  2. 2.

    Traditionally the width of the fist and outstretched thumb.

    A shaftment is the width of the palm and the outstretched thumb.

词源

From Middle English schaftmonde, from Old English sċeaftmund (“a palm, a palm's length”), equivalent to shaft + mound (“hand”).

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