Results for cubit

Definitions of cubit:

part of speech: noun

The length of a man's arm from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger; an ancient measure of length from about 20 in.; in anat., the forearm.

part of speech: noun

An ancient measure of about eighteen inches.

Usage examples for cubit:

• Then they directed their headlong course to where Bricriu was, so that the hoofs of the bulls drove him a man's cubit deep into the ground after his destruction. "The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge", Unknown

• A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. "Expositions of Holy Scripture Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers", Alexander Maclaren

• If you cannot add one cubit to a woman's stature, nor make one hair of her head white or black, do you think you can add or subtract one feature from her mind? "A New Atmosphere", Gail Hamilton

• Apart even from the parable of the lily, the failures of the past have taught most of us the folly of disquieting ourselves in vain, and we have given up the idea that by taking thought we can add a cubit to our stature. "Natural Law in the Spiritual World", Henry Drummond