Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
foot rule ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a ruler one foot (30.48 cm) in length.
Origin of foot rule First recorded in 1720–30 Examples from the Web for foot rule Historical Examples of foot rule
When you have twisted sufficient yarn to attach to the end of a foot-rule, do so.
William H. Dooley
Morality cannot be weighed in a balance or measured with a foot-rule.
The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe
Ernest Young
They marvelled that the lower half of him could so double up, like a foot-rule.
D. H. Lawrence
There’s a foot-rule in my new joinering box if you’ll let me go and fetch it!
Angela Brazil
So, Jeff, I shall want you to bring a hammer and a foot-rule—or whatever it is.
Oliver Onions
British Dictionary definitions for foot rule foot rule noun
- a rigid measure, one foot in length