square measure

American  

noun

1. a system of units for the measurement of surfaces or areas.

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square measure British  

noun

1. a unit or system of units for measuring areas

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Etymology

Origin of square measure

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

If a man wishes to build a house, does it fetter him to know square measure, cubic contents, geometry, mensuration, and mechanical laws?

From The Warriors by Lindsay, Anna Robertson Brown

The smiths whom I have seen working had no dividers, square, measure, or any instrument of precision.

From Navajo Silversmiths Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-1881, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 167-178 by Matthews, Washington

The Academy dictionary gives mojoda as a square measure, deriving it from the low Latin modiata from modius.

From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Olson, Julius E.

The "square measure," upon which the coinage, if I may so call it is based, following exactly the measure of length, each larger area in the ascending scale represents 144 times that below it.

From Across the Zodiac by Greg, Percy

Layout the strip of canvas on the floor and cut one end square; measure up 8 inches along the edge and draw a line to the other corner.

From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America