3 occurrences in 3 dictionaries
Reference: Handbreadth
Hastings
Morish
See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
And make a frame all round it, as wide as a man's hand, with a gold edge to the frame.
And he made a frame all round it about as wide as a man's hand, edged with gold all round.
You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
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Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain