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smoot

noun — 2 senses

smoot

noun

/smuːt/

Etymology Derives from the height of Oliver R. Smoot, who had lain on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as a fraternity prank at MIT.

1

Humorous A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters).

Chiefly Greater Boston

smoot

noun

Etymology From Middle English *smote, *smotte, from Old Norse smátta (“narrow passageway, gap”), from Proto-Germanic *smēhtǭ (“narrow path”), from Proto-Germanic *smēhaz (“small, narrow”).

1

UK, Dialectal A small opening built into a dry-stone wall, fence, or hedge to allow sheep (and hares) to pass through; a thirl.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.