noun
: a stick one foot long for measuring length or distance
carpenter with foot rule, notebook, and pencil — May Sinclair
broadly : a standard of measurement or judgment
measured with the foot rule of the individual life — S.A.Coblentz
noun
: a stick one foot long for measuring length or distance
carpenter with foot rule, notebook, and pencil — May Sinclair
broadly : a standard of measurement or judgment
measured with the foot rule of the individual life — S.A.Coblentz
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012