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
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 Frederick Irving Anderson
Let the children mark off the distances with a foot rule and chalk, going as high as twenty.
From Civics and Health by William H. Allen
George, with romantic exactitude, made a small foot rule of such a size that he could conscientiously record his height as 6 feet, and mine as slightly less, in accordance with my age and station.
From Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Sir Francis Darwin
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
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