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Fistmele

noun
1.
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).





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... distance between the bow and the string at the handle is six inches. This is ordinarily measured by setting the fist on the handle and the thumb sticking upright, where it should touch the string. This is the ancient fistmele, an archer's measure, also ...
— Hunting with the Bow and Arrow • Saxton Pope
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