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
We know that a real material foot rule cannot be applied to an imaginary tree.
From An Introduction to Philosophy by Fullerton, George Stuart
Heaven help us!" he said, coming over to the spring, "I found him making for the shelter-house, armed with a foot rule!
From Where There's a Will by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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 Darwin, Francis, Sir
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.
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