cubit

/kyoo-bit/US // ˈkyu bɪt //UK // (ˈkjuːbɪt) //

立方米,立方体,方位数,立方英尺

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches.

And before the chambers was a walk ten cubits broad, looking to the inner parts of a way of one cubit.
I saw likewise other fish about a cubit in length, that had heads like owls.
Man cannot by thinking add a cubit to his stature, nor an inch to the circumference of his skull.
Long before noon a lofty tower seemed to grow, cubit by cubit, out of the horizon.
The lion is chained--the dragon cannot add one cubit to his stature--a point to his tongue--or a drop to his venom.