Fit (unit)
customary unit o lenth
(Reguidit frae Fit (lenth))
- Fit is the name o a body pairt forby. See fit (body pairt).
Fit is a unit o meisurment o lenth (hou lang something is). It is ane o the imperial units an U.S. customary. It is cried a fit, acause it is aboot the size o a man's fit.
- 1 fit = 12 inch = 304.8 millimetre
In some kintras, fowk aften measure hicht in feet an inches. If a person is "five fit eleiven", this means that a body is 5 fit and 11 inch, or aboot 180 centimetre. The hicht is written 5'11".
The cutty wey o writin "fit" is ' or ft.