Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Toise"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Toise \Toise\, n. [F., fr. LL. tesa, fr. L. tensus, fem. tensa,
p. p. of tendere to stretch, extend. See {Tense}, a.]
An old measure of length in France, containing six French
feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.
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