foot-level

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noun A hinged one-foot rule, with a spirit-level in the upper edge of one arm, and a pivoted steel blade, graduated up to 45°, in the other arm. Also called combination-level.

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Before the storm, the river had been expected to crest in a few days at 60.5 feet, six inches below a 61-foot-level that had been the trigger point for activating the floodway in the Corps' operating plan.

Corps Blows Hole Through Levee Joe Barrett 2011
Before the storm, the river had been expected to crest in a few days at 60.5 feet, six inches below a 61-foot-level that had been the trigger point for activating the floodway in the Corps' operating plan.

Heavy Rains Keep Levee-Blast Plans on Track Joe Barrett 2011
Forecasters issued an urban flood advisory and warned drivers headed to the Sierra Nevada to pack chains, because snow is expected down to the 7,000-foot-level.

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter C bevangelista@sfchronicle.com (Benny Evangelista 2011
Such foot-level theatrics draw attention to the colorful variety of textural ground covers and ornamental grasses that lap against the paths and keep down weeds by carpeting the garden between larger plantings.

The Seattle Times 2009
The camera is mounted on an extensible arm, which can be positioned at three elevations - foot-level; waste-level, head-level - to afford various views of the environment.

TechNudge 2008
The camera is mounted on an extensible arm, which can be positioned at three elevations - foot-level; waste-level, head-level - to afford various views of the environment.

TechNudge 2008