Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fishing-net; a net.
  • noun The fundamental unit of Russian long measure, fixed by a ukase of Peter the Great at 7 feet English measure. Also sajene.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A Russian measure of length equal to about seven English feet.

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  • noun Alternative form of sazhen.

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Examples

  • The drag-net or hauling-net (Gr. sagene), of great size, and requiring many men to work it.

    Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

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  • a Russian measure of about seven feet

    November 10, 2009

  • Easy, just find an animal with seven feet and measure it.

    November 10, 2009