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

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

In the mountains, the high mountains above the seven or eight thousand foot level, grows an affair called the snow-plant.

From The Mountains by White, Stewart Edward

They were passing over the mountainous region of southeastern Pennsylvania, and the globe had ascended to the four thousand foot level.

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

The hydraulic pump now working at the 3,000 foot level of the shaft is the deepest in the world.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various