Definición/Significado de shaftment

• English - Noun: shaftment ( plural shaftments ) A span; a measure of about six inches . A unit of length , 6 - 6½ inches or 2 palms , i . e . 15 . 24 cm , the width of the fist and outstretched thumb of a standard archer . The shaftment is the width of the palm and the outstretched thumb .
• English - Statistics: Frequency statistics: Google NGram, BNC = 0 , COCA = 0
• English - Alternative forms: shaftmond , shaftman , shaftmound , shaftmont , shaftmon , shafman , shafmet , shafnet
• English - Etymology: From Middle English schaftmonde , from Old English sceaftmund ( “ a palm , a palm's length ” ), equivalent to shaft +‎ mound ( “ hand ” ).
• English - References: Units of Measure:S