呉ご服ふく尺じゃく

noun

fabric shaku; textile shaku

Obsolete unit of length used for measuring cloth, approximately 36.4 cm. Slightly longer than the standard shaku (approx. 30.3 cm).

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの呉ご服ふく屋やでは、呉ご服ふく尺じゃくを使つかって反たん物ものを測はかっていた。

  In Edo-period kimono shops, they measured fabric using the gofukujaku.