foot rule

noun

a ruler one foot (30.48 cm) in length.

Nearby words

foot presentation, foot process, foot rail, foot reflexology, foot rot, foot rule, foot score, foot soldier, foot the bill, foot traffic, foot valve

Origin of foot rule

First recorded in 1720–30

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Examples from the Web for foot rule

My foot-rule, my rough scale plans and piled-up figures of cubic capacity and surficial area carried all before them.
A Floating Home|Cyril Ionides
When you have twisted sufficient yarn to attach to the end of a foot-rule, do so.
Textiles|William H. Dooley
There's a foot-rule in my new joinering box if you'll let me go and fetch it!
Loyal to the School|Angela Brazil
I'm a pretty poor sort of specimen still, but at least I don't imagine I can measure life with a foot-rule.
The Man Upstairs|P. G. Wodehouse

He picked up a cork and a foot-rule, tossed the cork, and sent it flying out of the window with the foot-rule.
Philosophy 4|Owen Wister

British Dictionary definitions for foot rule

foot rule

noun

a rigid measure, one foot in length

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