toise

noun

ˈtȯiz

plural -s

: an old French unit of length equal to 6 French feet, 6.396 U.S. feet, or 1.949 meters

Word History

Etymology

Middle French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin tensa, tesa, from Latin tensa, feminine of tensus, past participle of tendere to stretch

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