tey

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noun

An English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.

OriginMiddle English teies ← Anglo-Norman teice ← Old French teise →
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Meanings

nountey (plural teys)

plural teys

  1. historicalAn English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.

    The tey or toise, the modern fathom, is employed as a measure of rope.

    1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 171

Origin

  1. Old Frenchteise
  2. Anglo-Normanteice
  3. Middle Englishteies
  4. Englishtey

Derived from Middle English teies, teyse, taken as a plural, from Anglo-Norman teice, from Old French teise, toise.

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APA

tey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tey

MLA

“tey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tey. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tey,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tey.

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