Etymology

klafter

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

German Klafter
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  1. German · borrowed fromKlafter
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From German Klafter.

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