Handsbreadth
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Handsbreadth is a noun meaning a small distance.
Meaning
a small distance.
Example Sentences
The provinces of Holland and Zealand were stanch and true, but the inequality of the contest between a few brave men, upon that handsbreadth of territory, and the powerful Spanish Empire, seemed to render the issue hopeless.
Word Forms
- handsbreadths
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include footbreadth, hairsbreadth, bread, scant, acre-breadth, shoestring.
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