shaftment

English

noun

Definitions

A span; a measure of about six inches.
A unit of length, 6 to inches or 2 palms, i.e. 15.24 cm, the width of the fist and outstretched thumb of a standard archer.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English schaftmonde inherited from Old English sċeaftmund (a palm's length, a palm) compound from English shaft + English mound (hand).

Origin

English

mound

Gloss

hand

Concept

Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

手

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Richmond English
aftershaft English
airshaft English
amound English
camshaft English
cockshaft English
countershaft English
crankshaft English
driveshaft English
foreshaft English
gravemound English
hail shaft English
hairshaft English
intermound English
jackshaft English
layshaft English
mainshaft English
midshaft English
mineshaft English
mound English
moundbird English
moundbuilding English
moundlike English
moundsman English
prickshaft English
propshaft English
shaft English
shaft bow English
shaftless English
shaftlike English
shaftman English
shaftway English
shaftwork English
spearshaft English
sunshaft English
turboshaft English
viewshaft English
windshaft English
シャフト Japanese
sċeaftmund Old English
mound Middle English
schaft Middle English
schaftmonde Middle English