palmspan

English

Etymology

From palm’s (“[of] the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and the fingers”) +‎ span (“the distance between two ends of a thing, especially between those ends furthest apart from each other”).

Pronunciation

Noun

palmspan (plural palmspans)

  1. A measure of length equivalent to the breadth of the palm of an average human hand.
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