cubital en · ADJ
Etymology
From cubit + -al.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna.
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the cubitus and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
- (not-comparable) Measured in cubits.
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(not-comparable) Of the length of a cubit.
towers of that city being so high, that unto men below they appeared in a cubital stature
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
Deriveds
anterocubital · antecubital · humerocubital · brachiocubital · postcubital · mediocubital · quincubital · cubital fossa
Translations (2)
es cubital (of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna) · it cubitale (of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna)