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Webster 1913 Edition

(toiz)

Noun.

[F., fr. LL.

tesa

, fr. L.

tensus

, fem.

tensa

, p. p. of

tendere

to stretch, extend. See

Adj.

]

An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.

Noun.

tois. A fathom or long measure in France, containing six feet; but the French foot is longer than the English, 76 being equal to 81 English feet.

See also: toise

toisé m ‎(feminine singular toisée, masculine plural toisés, feminine plural toisées)