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FISTMELE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
About seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("fistmele" is a kind of...):
linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)