"four foot" meaning in English

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "From the 4 feet 8½ inch (1435 mm) distance between the rails on a standard gauge railway.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1877, William Edward Langdon, The Application of Electricity to Railway Working, Page 230",
          "text": "When placed in the four foot it should be so arranged that a loose carraige coupling shall not strike the box, as such a blow might possibly break it."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1882, George P. Neele, Atlantic and American Notes, M'Corquodale & co., limited, Page 54",
          "text": "Cattle are of course liable to stray on the line at these level crossings, but to prevent this, barriers are placed on each side of the crossing, and a deep trench is made in the four-foot and six-foot spaces, …"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1922, J. Thomas Lee, William Hepworth, Railway Permanent Way: Dimensional Theory and Practice, C. Sever, Page 224",
          "text": "In this case, the third crossing i.e., where one turnout crosses the other, is in the four foot of the main"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943, C. L. Heeler and Ronald Albert Hamnett, British Railway Track: Design, Construction and Maintenance, Permanent Way Institution Page 19",
          "text": "The reason for this is, that as in these cases there are obstructions in the four foot which might become foul of wheels of stock …\nPage 48\nFor ‘ E ’ and ‘ F ’ switches the key jaw is provided on the inside of the four-foot in the 1.P. and 2.P. chairs, as in these chairs there is not room between the switch and stock rails …"
        },
        {
          "text": "2007 September 5, Rail Accident Investigation Branch, Rail Accident Report 33/2007: Fatal collision between a Super Voyager train and a car on the line at Copmanthorpe 25 September 2006, Rail Accident Investigation Branch, Department for Transport, Page 8 http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources/070905_R332007_Copmanthorpe.pdf\nThe car came to rest with its front wheels in the four foot of the nearest railway line, the down Leeds line."
        }
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        "the space between the rails on a standard gauge railway line."
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        "(rail transport, colloquial) the space between the rails on a standard gauge railway line."
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        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "four foot"
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        "Alternative form of 4-foot"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(curling): Alternative form of 4-foot"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "six foot"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "4-foot"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "four-foot"
        }
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        "ball-games",
        "curling",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "four foot"
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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "From the 4 feet 8½ inch (1435 mm) distance between the rails on a standard gauge railway.",
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        {
          "ref": "1877, William Edward Langdon, The Application of Electricity to Railway Working, Page 230",
          "text": "When placed in the four foot it should be so arranged that a loose carraige coupling shall not strike the box, as such a blow might possibly break it."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1882, George P. Neele, Atlantic and American Notes, M'Corquodale & co., limited, Page 54",
          "text": "Cattle are of course liable to stray on the line at these level crossings, but to prevent this, barriers are placed on each side of the crossing, and a deep trench is made in the four-foot and six-foot spaces, …"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1922, J. Thomas Lee, William Hepworth, Railway Permanent Way: Dimensional Theory and Practice, C. Sever, Page 224",
          "text": "In this case, the third crossing i.e., where one turnout crosses the other, is in the four foot of the main"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943, C. L. Heeler and Ronald Albert Hamnett, British Railway Track: Design, Construction and Maintenance, Permanent Way Institution Page 19",
          "text": "The reason for this is, that as in these cases there are obstructions in the four foot which might become foul of wheels of stock …\nPage 48\nFor ‘ E ’ and ‘ F ’ switches the key jaw is provided on the inside of the four-foot in the 1.P. and 2.P. chairs, as in these chairs there is not room between the switch and stock rails …"
        },
        {
          "text": "2007 September 5, Rail Accident Investigation Branch, Rail Accident Report 33/2007: Fatal collision between a Super Voyager train and a car on the line at Copmanthorpe 25 September 2006, Rail Accident Investigation Branch, Department for Transport, Page 8 http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources/070905_R332007_Copmanthorpe.pdf\nThe car came to rest with its front wheels in the four foot of the nearest railway line, the down Leeds line."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the space between the rails on a standard gauge railway line."
      ],
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        "(rail transport, colloquial) the space between the rails on a standard gauge railway line."
      ],
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "4-foot"
    },
    {
      "word": "four-foot"
    }
  ],
  "word": "four foot"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "six foot"
    }
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        "Alternative form of 4-foot"
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        "(curling): Alternative form of 4-foot"
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        "ball-games",
        "curling",
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "4-foot"
    },
    {
      "word": "four-foot"
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  ],
  "word": "four foot"
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