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

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

The communist General showed somewhat less bravado after the stomach turning ascent to the six hundred foot level, but he managed to get off a speech in answer to Kazu's question.

From The Image and the Likeness by John Scott Campbell

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 S. E. (Samuel E.) Chapman

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