Palmspan

//ˈpɑːmspæn// noun

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

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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”).

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