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

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

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

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

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

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

So engrossing was the view that the passengers hardly noticed it when the platform stopped abruptly between stages at the five hundred foot level.

From The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir