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toise (iou)



toise noun. L16.
[French from Old French teise = Italian tesa from late Latin tesa, tensa (sc. brachia) lit. 'the outstretched arms', use as noun of neut. pl. pa. pple (taken as fem. sing.) of Latin tendere stretch.]
Chiefly Military. A former French unit of length equal to about 1.949 metres.