fistmele [ˈfɪstˌmiːl]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Archery) Archery a measure of the width of a hand and the extended thumb, used to calculate the approximate height of the string of a braced bow
[from fist + mele, variant of obsolete meal measure]
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| Noun | 1. |  fistmele - about seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow)linear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of length |
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