Category:Hairbreadth

Hair"breadth`, Hair's"breadth`, a.

Defn: The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch. Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss. Judg. xx. 16

hairbreadth Hair"breadth`, a.

Defn: Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.