Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A cubit; the length from the elbow to the end of the hand.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An old measure of length: the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit.

Etymologies

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French coudée, from coude elbow.

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