handsbreadth

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handsbreadth

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From hand + -s- + breadth.

noun handsbreadths

a small distance The provinces of Holland and Zealand were stanch and true, but the inequality of the contest between a few brave men, upon that handsbreadth of territory, and the powerful Spanish Empire, seemed to render the issue hopeless.

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@misc{handsbreadth_2026,
  title = {handsbreadth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/handsbreadth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}