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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.
From Middle English schaftmonde, from Old English sceaftmund (“a palm, a palm's length”), equivalent to shaft + mound (“hand”).
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