arshin

American  

[ahr-sheen] / ɑrˈʃin /

Also archine,

noun

1. a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches (71 centimeters).

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Etymology

Origin of arshin

First recorded in 1725–35; from Russian arshín, from Tatar aršïn or a cognate Turkic word, ultimately from Persian

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Example Sentences

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arshin

It stands the Government in about a rouble the arshin, and sells for two roubles.

From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Robert Walsh

Sometimes Vologonov knocks at the partition-wall with a superannuated arshin measure which has only fifteen vershoki of its length remaining.

From Through Russia by C. J. Hogarth

"It was a ruble an arshin, I suppose?"

From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count

As almost every one with claims to respectability, and certainly every one without any, keeps a consul, it follows that there is one consul per superficial meter, arshin, or cubit of Ezekiel within the city.

From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Rudyard Kipling

To Chichikov's curses at Selifan for not having drawn out of the way with more alacrity a rural constable with moustaches of the length of an arshin added his quota.

From Dead Souls by D. J. Hogarth

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