"shaftment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shaftments [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English schaftmonde, from Old English sċeaftmund (“a palm, a palm's length”), equivalent to shaft + mound (“hand”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schaftmonde}} Middle English schaftmonde, {{inh|en|ang|sċeaftmund||a palm, a palm's length}} Old English sċeaftmund (“a palm, a palm's length”), {{compound|en|shaft|mound|t2=hand}} shaft + mound (“hand”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} shaftment (plural shaftments)
  1. An obsolete unit of length defined as 6 inches, which equals 2 palms or ²⁄₃ span; today 6 inches equals exactly 15.24 cm. (Before the 12th century, a shaftment was defined as 6+¹⁄₂ inches.) Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-shaftment-en-noun-D3zoJ-1a Disambiguation of Units of measure: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 15
  2. Traditionally the width of the fist and outstretched thumb.
    Sense id: en-shaftment-en-noun-jNP17T4Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shaftmond, shaftman, shaftmound, shaftmont, shaftmon, shafman, shafmet, shafnet

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