toise.
toise (former French unit of length equal to six pieds)
Meaning & usage
toise (former French unit of length equal to six pieds)
height gauge
Where this word comes from
From Old French teise (cognate with Italian tesa), from Latin tēnsa (bracchia) (“outstretched (arms)”), from tendō (“stretch”).
inflection of toiser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
inflection of toiser: second-person singular imperative
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