hairbreadth Meaning, Definition & Usage

Hair"breadth`, Hair's"breadth` (Also<

• Hairbreadth
• Hair'sbreadth

)

Definitions

1. The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch.

   Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss. Judg. xx. 16

Hair"breadth` adjective

Definitions

1. Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.