TOISE


Meaning of TOISE in English

/toyz/ , n.

an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).

[ 1590-1600; tesa, (fem. sing.), L tensa ( bracchia ) outstretched (arms), neut. pl. taken as fem. sing. See TENSE 1 ]

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