toise
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of toise
1590–1600; < Middle French < Vulgar Latin *tēsa, (feminine singular), Latin tēnsa ( bracchia ) outstretched (arms), neuter plural taken as feminine singular See tense 1
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"Well pitched, Hugh of Clatford," cried the old knight; "well pitched; a toise beyond Sir Simeon."
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Some are at the water's edge, others one-fourth or one-fifth of a toise above the surface of the sea.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Alexander von Humboldt
These towers are said to be about one toise higher than those of Notre Dame.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
The toise is equal to 6·3946 English feet.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
In Market Square, Philadelphia, land was worth from 3,000 to 4,000 francs per sq. toise, and in Wall Street, New York, about 4,000 francs.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
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