"fotmal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fotmals [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fotmal, from Old English fōtmǣl (“step by step”, literally “foot-measure”), equivalent to foot + -meal. Doublet of footmeal. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|fotmal}} Middle English fotmal, {{der|en|ang|fōtmǣl|lit=foot-measure|t=step by step}} Old English fōtmǣl (“step by step”, literally “foot-measure”), {{suffix|en|foot|meal}} foot + -meal, {{doublet|en|footmeal}} Doublet of footmeal Head templates: {{en-noun}} fotmal (plural fotmals)
  1. (obsolete, units of measure) An old English unit of weight of 70 pounds, used particularly for lead Tags: obsolete Synonyms: foot, formel, fortinel, fotmael, fotmell Hypernyms: load, cartload, carrus, fother, fodder Hyponyms (Tower pound, troy pound, avoirdupois pound): 1⁄70 fotmal & for smaller subdivisions Related terms: footmeal Translations (old English unit of weight): pes (Latin), fotmal (Latin), fōtmēllum (Latin), fotmal [masculine] (Polish)

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