Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy

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Fathom

A unit of length equal to 6 feet (1.8 m), roughly measured as the distance between a man's outstretched hands. Particularly used to measure depth.

Added: 2014-11-01 Last modified: 2014-11-01

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