• Smoot

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: smoÍžot
    • IPA: /smuːt/

    Origin 1

    Height of Oliver R. Smoot, who lay on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as an MIT fraternity prank.

    Full definition of smoot

    Noun

    smoot

    (plural smoots)
    1. (chiefly Greater Boston) A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters).

    Origin 2

    Noun

    smoot

    (plural smoots)
    1. (British) A small opening built into a dry-stone wall as a bolthole allowing a person to cross the wall while impeding the livestock.

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