HAIRSBREADTH


Meaning of HAIRSBREADTH in English

/hairz"bredth', -bretth', -breth'/ , n.

1. a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.

adj.

2. extremely narrow or close.

Also, hair's-breadth, hairbreadth .

[ 1575-85 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .