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breastheight en · NOUN

Etymology

breast + height

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The typical height above ground of an adult's breast, used as a reference height for measuring the diameters of trees.
   • Age class 60, Site III, has […] 630 trees 12 inches or more in diameter at breastheight. 1949, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin (issue 201, page 38)
   • When there is a bulge or other normal swelling at breastheight, the measurement should be taken just above and not below the obstructions. 1910, Henry Solon Graves, The Woodsman's Handbook, page 76:

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