smoot
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Height of Oliver R. Smoot, who lay on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as an MIT fraternity prank.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
smoot (plural smoots)
- (humorous, chiefly Greater Boston) A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters).
Etymology 2 edit
Ultimately from Old Norse smátta.
Noun edit
smoot (plural smoots)
- (British, dialectal) A small opening built into a dry-stone wall to allow sheep (and hares) to pass through; a thirl.