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Noun: fingerbreadth  'fing-gu(r),bredth
  1. The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
    "The carpenter marked the wood at intervals of one fingerbreadth";
    - finger, finger's breadth, digit

Derived forms: fingerbreadths

Type of: linear measure, linear unit