shaftment

English

Alternative forms

shaftmond, shaftman, shaftmound, shaftmont, shaftmon, shafman, shafmet, shafnet

Etymology

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

Noun

shaftment (plural shaftments)

A span; a measure of about six inches.
A unit of length, 6 - 6½ inches or 2 palms, i.e. 15.24 cm, the width of the fist and outstretched thumb of a standard archer.
The shaftment is the width of the palm and the outstretched thumb.

References

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Statistics

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