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

It rises from the 300 foot level of the Cherwell Vale to 720 at the highest ground of the ridge of the hill.

From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Walford, Edwin

They had lowered to the five hundred foot level, so that a good view might be taken of the beautiful metropolis of Ohio—Cleveland.

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

Under ordinary circumstances dry standing has to be provided in trenches by raising the foot level by the use of brush, boards, poles, etc.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)