breastheight

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noun

The typical height above ground of an adult's breast, used as a reference height for measuring the diameters of trees.

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Meanings

nounbreastheight (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe typical height above ground of an adult's breast, used as a reference height for measuring the diameters of trees.

    Age class 60, Site III, has […] 630 trees 12 inches or more in diameter at breastheight.

    1949, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin (issue 201, page 38)
    1 more example

    When there is a bulge or other normal swelling at breastheight, the measurement should be taken just above and not below the obstructions.

    1910, Henry Solon Graves, The Woodsman's Handbook, page 76

Origin

breast + height

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