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Handspan vs Handspun - What's the difference?

handspan | handspun |

As a noun handspan

is the distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement.

As an adjective handspun is

spun by hand.

handspan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement

    • handspun

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Spun by hand.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 28, author=Marianne Rohrlich, title=From France and Mali, Shades of Indigo, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Aboubakar Fofana, a Malian artist who divides his time between Paris and Bamako, creates indigo textiles made from handspun cotton and linen. }}