to measure with armspan; fathom

Jacobson 1999

fathom

Kreemer 1931

a unit of measure the distance of outstretched arms

Caabay et al. 2014

armsbreadth, armspan 〈unit of measure〉; to stretch out one’s arms, hold one’s arms out sideways

Zorc 1969

armsbreadth

fathom (measure = distance from fingertip to fingertip of both outstretched arms)

Barber 1979

one fathom

Barber 1979

fathom

Smith 2017

an arm’s length

Mintz and Britanico 1985

fathom

Blust n.d. (1971)

measurement, the length from the fingertips of one hand to the fingertips of the other measured with the arms outstretched; to measure (something) in this way

Post and Gardner 1992

the measurement between the fingers of one’s outstretched arms

Reid 1976, Reid p.c.

fathom

Said 1977

fathom (a length measurement, about five feet; the length from one fingertip to the fingertip of the other outstretched arm)

Headland and Headland 1974

one fathom, one span; to take a measurement by fathoms

Headland and Headland 1974

to extend the arms out sideways (as in Christ on the cross); bar the way with outstretched arms; measure something by fathoms

Wolff 1972

fathom, distance between outstretched arms

fathom

one fathom

fathom; a unit of linear measurement, equal to the distance between the tips of one’s extended arms; arm span

Conklin 1953, Reid p.c.

span of the arms outstretched (between tips of middle fingers), fathom; lengths of cane, rope, etc., and generally where English measure is in yards

Richards 1981

a unit measure of an arm span, i.e., a distance measured between the fingertips of two outstretched arms

Batad

Lambrecht 1978

fathom, measure of length recognized among the Ifugaw

Lambrecht 1978

one fathom length

Lambrecht 1978

armspan

Rubino 2000, Carro 1956

measurement of the arms extended, about six feet

Rubino 2000, Carro 1956

fathom, a measure of length containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms

Vanoverbergh 1972

idea of stretched-arms length, or of fathom

Yamada 1976

fathom (measure of length, i.e. the distance between the fingertips of the outstretched arms)

Pigeaud 1938

to measure in fathoms

Pigeaud 1938

one fathom, about six feet

Vanoverbergh 1933

fathom

Neumann 1951

one fathom

Neumann 1951

fathom

Uma Juman

Southwell 1980

fathom, distance between two outstretched arms

Blust n.d. (1971)

fathom, distance between outstretched arms

measurement (two yards)

Galvin 1967

to measure in fathoms

Galvin 1967

fathom

Blust n.d. (1971)

fathom, distance between outstretched arms

a measurement indicated by the span of both arms outstretched between the tips of the middle fingers; a fathom, six feet

Blust n.d. (1971)

fathom, distance between the tips of the middle fingers of the outstretched arms

Cense 1979

a fathom, two yards, the measure from tip to tip of the fingers across the chest when the arms are spread out

Richardson 1885

measure of length represented by the span of the outstretched arms; to measure in this way

Wilkinson 1959

armspan, fathom

Svelmoe and Svelmoe 1990

an armspan (a measure of length or depth)

to measure something by armspans

to measure something by armspans;to extend one’s arms out on both sides

fathom --- a measure

McKaughan and Macaraya 1967

one fathom

McKaughan and Macaraya 1967

fathom, two arms length

fathom, distance between outstretched arms

fathom

Kampung Teh

fathom

Larish 1999

fathom, unit of measurement between the outstretched arms

Dunnebier 1951

fathom, double arms length; measure in arms’s lengths (with outstretched arms)

van den Berg 1996

fathom

Hardeland 1859

fathom

Sundermann 1905

fathom (the outstretched arms as a measure of length)

Zoetmulder 1982

fathom, span of outstretched arms

Tharp and Ƀuôn-yă 1980

fathom

Steller and Aebersold 1959

fathom

Goris 1938

fathom

Kähler 1961

fathom

Coolsma 1930

to measure in fathoms

Coolsma 1930

one fathom

Coolsma 1930

fathom

van der Veen 1940

the length of both arms stretched out; a fathom

Panganiban 1966

an armspan (a measure of length or depth)

Hassan, Ashley and Ashley 1994

unit of measurement: both arms outstretched across the chest; fathom

Warneck 1977

two armspans

measured with armspans

armspan

fathom

fathom

Schwarz 1908

fathom, armspan

Thurgood 1999

fathom

Esser 1964

one fathom

Esser 1964

fathom, distance between outstretched arms

a unit of measure of full arms length; to stretch out someone’s arms widely

Abuyen 2000

fathom

Anceaux 1987

fathom, distance between outstretched arms

arm span (measurement of length; both arms are stretched out, and one measures from fingertip to fingertip)

Behrens 2002

fathom

Collins n.d.

fathom

Collins 1983

fathom

Devin 1989

span, fathom

Hughes n.d.

to fathom, measure by fathoms

Drabbe 1932

fathom

Drabbe 1932

fathom

Ekris 1864-65

a fathom long, said of the horns of buffalos

Onvlee 1984

fathom

Onvlee 1984

to measure in fathoms

Geurtjens 1921

a fathom

Geurtjens 1921

to measure in fathoms

Pampus 1999

fathom

Jonker 1932

fathom

Verheijen 1967-70

measure with outstretched arms, as in divination

Arndt 1961

fathom

Verheijen 1977a

fathom

Drabbe 1932a

fathom, the length of the extended arms

Morris 1984

a unit of measure (fathom, about six feet)

Josselin de Jong 1987

fathom

Drabbe 1932b

to fathom, measure by fathoms

Drabbe 1932b

fathom

Maan 1940

one fathom

Maan 1940

armspan, fathom

Walker 1990

fathom

van Hasselt and van Hasselt 1947

armspan, fathom

Bowden 2001

to measure by fathom

Li and Tsuchida 2006

to stretch two arms

Li and Tsuchida 2006

fathom

Li and Tsuchida 2006

measure of two arms stretched wide

Cauquelin 1991