1.一手之宽〔从二英寸半到四英寸〕,手掌宽
1.the width of a hand, used as an approximate measure of length
1.Also make around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
桌子的四围各做一掌宽的横梁,横梁上镶着金牙边。
2.It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.
海厚一掌,边如杯边,又如百合花,可容二千吧特。