foot rule
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of foot rule
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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"There will be occasions were the 20 foot rule would be unconstitutional, but I'm not sure that would make the statute unconstitutional on its face," he says.
From US News ● Jan. 11, 2016
He found Harry measuring with his foot rule a box for one of his finest paintings.
From The Measure of a Man by Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill
Those at the front of the lines should hold a ball or any substitute for passing backward over the head, such as a bean bag, eraser, foot rule, or book.
From Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft
In measuring cloth, the distance from the elbow to the fingers is employed as we would use a foot rule or a yardstick.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Anna B. Badlam
He asked me for a foot rule, and he measured the little couch in the bedroom.
From Jezebel's Daughter by Wilkie Collins
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