歩ほ測そく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

pacing off; measuring by steps

Used for measuring a distance by counting steps, often in surveying, hiking, or rough estimation.

• 地ち図ずがなかったので、歩ほ測そくで距きょ離りを測はかった。

  Since we didn't have a map, we measured the distance by pacing it off.

• 歩ほ測そくで大だい体たいの距きょ離