hairbreadth
noun/ˈhɛɹˌbɹɛdθ/CA
Etymology
From hair + breadth.
- inherited from bredthe
Definitions
Alternative form of hair's breadth
Alternative form of hair's breadth: the width of a hair, a very short distance or a very small amount.
- In short, these kind of hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune, who may be considered as thus playing tricks with us, and wantonly diverting herself at our expense.
- This surely was a day destined to be signalized by hairbreadth escapes.
- His hairbreadth escapes from death; […].
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hairbreadth. 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