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plural cubits
The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length. quotations examples
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Matthew 6:27
(historical) Any of various units of length approximating this distance, usually around 35–60 cm.
(anatomy, archaic) Synonym of ulna, the bone of the human forearm.