foot level

American  

noun

1. a foot rule, hinged in the middle, having a spirit level in one section and a graduated arc from which the angle made by the two sections can be read.

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Etymology

Origin of foot level

First recorded in 1720–30

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Example Sentences

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foot level

And avalanches and mudflows cascaded down to the 6,400 foot level.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 7, 2012

There were windows just above the sidewalk at foot level, and more at head level, too.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

He descended to the 2,000 foot level, but experienced no perceptible change.

From Doctor Jones' Picnic by S. E. (Samuel E.) Chapman

At about the nine thousand foot level and in the summer there will be hosts of rosy-winged dodecatheon, called shooting-stars, outlining the crystal runnels in the sod.

From The Land of Little Rain by Mary Hunter Austin

"Yes, we have descended to the twenty-five hundred foot level," remarked the Professor, after consulting the barometer.

From Doctor Jones' Picnic by S. E. (Samuel E.) Chapman

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