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Meanings of handsbreadth in English

Any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand.

Usage of handsbreadth in English
1
The sun was but a handsbreadth from the western edge of land.
Old Indian Legends
2
I hit the floor crouched, a handsbreadth off his right elbow.
Woken furies
3
The lama brought his thousand-wrinkled face once more a handsbreadth from the Englishman's.
Kim
4
The sun was a good handsbreadth above the forest canopy.
Rogues
5
The droid rolled along quickly behind Breha, just a handsbreadth from the train of her gown.
From a Certain Point of View
6
The blaster carved a channel a handsbreadth wide right through her and into the seat behind.
Altered carbon
7
The sliver of light grew to a handsbreadth.
Exit strategy
8
From Scotch to Irish is but a handsbreadth.
In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
9
After minutes, the door was pulled back a handsbreadth, and two eyes looked out at him.
Death at La Fenice
10
Then the medicine men raised the sun a handsbreadth in the air, but it was still too hot.
Myths and Legends of the Great Plains
11
The other man struck Tirant in the middle of his thigh, and the wound gaped about a handsbreadth.
The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc
12
The interface gun dragged my arm up a handsbreadth and I shot his legs out from under him.
Broken angels
13
Her femoral artery was less than a handsbreadth from the puncture where Sand had sunk his fangs into muscle.
Dreamsnake
14
I bank hard on my stick and skim a handsbreadth from the walls, nearly shaving off my right S-foils.
From a Certain Point of View
15
Vidaura's surfer sleeve was almost as tall as my own and our eyes were only about a handsbreadth apart.
Woken furies
16
She pushed herself upright, one hand gripping the curved end of the bed that rose a handsbreadth above the mattress.
Celtic fire
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