klafter

名词 n.
美 /ˈklɑf.tɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A unit of length formerly widely used in Central Europe, derived from the span of a man's outstretched arms, typically defined as six local feet (equivalent to a fathom) or about 1.8 meters.
    — ... for the purpose of working the machine, employed in raising water from the mines, and a tunnel of 300 klafters long, passing through a mountain, which serves as a road for foot-passengers, between Herrengrund and Altgebirg.

词形变化

klafters plural

词源

From German Klafter.
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