smoot

  1. Noun.  (chiefly, Greater Boston) Defined as exactly sixty-seven inches; equal to approximately 1.70 meters.
  2. Noun.  (British) A small opening built into a dry-stone wall as a bolthole allowing a person to cross the wall while impeding the livestock.

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