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
They would, for instance, call a two foot rule one and a half or two and a half feet long.
From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Mayhew, Ira
An ordinary foot rule, or a folding rule, will give results sufficiently accurate for the water prospector in this instance.
From Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine by Anderson, Frederick Irving
After the length has been thus found, measure it directly with the foot rule and compare the measured length with the one found from the angles.
From A Text-Book of Astronomy by Comstock, George C.
He asked me for a foot rule, and he measured the little couch in the bedroom.
From Jezebel's Daughter by Collins, Wilkie
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