折せっ衷ちゅう尺じゃく

noun

compromised shaku; compromise shaku

Archaic unit of length, approximately 30.3 cm, created as a compromise between the Kyōhō shaku (享保尺) and the Matashirō shaku (又四郎尺). Used in historical contexts.

See also: 享保尺 · 又四郎尺

• 折せっ衷ちゅう尺じゃくは享きょう保ほう尺じゃくと又また四し郎ろう尺じゃくの間あいだを取とった尺しゃっ貫かん法ほうの単たん位いである。

  The compromised shaku is a unit of the shaku-kan system that was a compromise between the Kyōhō shaku and the Matashirō shaku.