tey

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.

Word forms

tey teys

Etymology

Derived from Middle English teies, teyse, taken as a plural, from Anglo-Norman teice, from Old French teise, toise.

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