hand level


nounSurveying.
  1. a leveling instrument held in the hand and used for approximate work at short distances.

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How to use hand level in a sentence

  • Wooden pegs were placed at hand level here and there, and a rag rug in bright colors lay on the floor by the bed.

    Mr. Wicker's Window | Carley Dawson
  • I held my left hand level before me, and swept off the upturned palm with my right.

    A Volunteer with Pike | Robert Ames Bennet
  • And then a-holding of her hand level below her eyes, so that she might not discern the ground, "Is he dead?"

  • Kazu placed his hand level with an elevated balcony leading to this and we scrambled off.

    The Image and the Likeness | John Scott Campbell
  • “No higher than this,” retorted the gypsy, holding her hand level with her brow.

    The Little Minister | J. M. Barrie