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(chiefly nautical, historical) Originally, the distance between an adult man's arms stretched out away from the sides of his torso so that they make a straight line perpendicular to his body, measured from the tips of the longest fingers of each hand, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres); subsequently used as a unit for water depth but now generally replaced by the metre.
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fathom
noun
(chiefly
nautical,
historical)
Originally,
the
distance
between
an
adult
man's
arms
stretched
out
away
from
the
sides
of
his
torso
so
that
they
make
a
straight
line
perpendicular
to
his
body,
measured
from
the
tips
of
the
longest
fingers
of
each
hand,
generally
reckoned
to
be
six
feet
(about
1.8
metres);
subsequently
used
as
a
unit
for
water
depth
but
now
generally
replaced
by
the
metre.
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(chiefly
nautical,
historical)
Originally,
the
distance
between
an
adult
man's
arms
stretched
out
away
from
the
sides
of
his
torso
so
that
they
make
a
straight
line
perpendicular
to
his
body,
measured
from
the
tips
of
the
longest
fingers
of
each
hand,
generally
reckoned
to
be
six
feet
(about
1.8
metres);
subsequently
used
as
a
unit
for
water
depth
but
now
generally
replaced
by
the
metre.
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