metewand

English

Alternative forms

• metwand, mete-wand, met-wand

Etymology

mete +‎ wand.

Noun

metewand (plural metewands)

1. (obsolete) A measuring rod (in both its literal and figurative sense).

   Synonym: yardstick

   • a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […] John Daye, […], published 1570, →OCLC:

     A true touchstone , a sure metewand lieth before both their eyes