smoot

English

Etymology 1

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Smoot

Wikipedia

Height of Oliver R. Smoot, who lay on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as an MIT fraternity prank.

Pronunciation

• enPR: smo͞ot
• IPA: /smuːt/

Noun

smoot (plural smoots)

1. (chiefly Greater Boston) A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters).

Etymology 2

Noun

smoot (plural smoots)

1. (UK) A small opening built into a dry-stone wall as a bolthole allowing a person to cross the wall while impeding the livestock.

Anagrams

• moots
• MOTOS