dragonlength

noun

Etymology

From dragon + length.

  1. inherited from *langiþō
  2. inherited from *langiþu
  3. inherited from lengþ
  4. inherited from lengthe
  5. compounded as dragonlength — “dragon + length

Definitions

  1. A distance equal to the length of a dragon.

    • An elv’in scoutship was not a large ship, less than two dragonlengths.
    • The Copper stood before the massive Black Rock in the center of the Lavadome; it was dozens of dragonlengths high, heavy and black and forbidding.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dragonlength. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA