'Hairbreadth' definitions:
Definition of 'Hairbreadth'
From: GCIDE
- Hairbreadth \Hair"breadth`\ (-br[e^]dth), Hair's breadth \Hair's" breadth`\ (h[^a]rz"-). The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch. [Also spelled hairsbreadth.] [1913 Webster]
- Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss. --Judg. xx. 16. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hairbreadth'
From: GCIDE
- Hairbreadth \Hair"breadth`\, a. Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hairbreadth'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ace,
- bit,
- bowshot,
- brief span,
- close quarters,
- close range,
- closeness,
- confinement,
- crack,
- crowdedness,
- earreach,
- earshot,
- gunshot,
- hair,
- hair space,
- hairsbreadth,
- incapaciousness,
- inch,
- incommodiousness,
- limitation,
- little,
- little ways,
- narrow gauge,
- narrowness,
- nearness,
- pistol shot,
- restrictedness,
- restriction,
- short distance,
- short piece,
- short way,
- slenderness,
- span,
- spitting distance,
- step,
- straitness,
- strictness,
- tight squeeze,
- tightness,
- whisker