sesma

From Spanish sesma, from Latin sexta (“sixth”), from its use as a sixth of the vara (Spanish yard or rod).

sesma (plural sesmas)

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 13.9 cm.

• pulgada (⅙ sesma), coto (¾ sesma), palmo (1½ sesmas), pie (2 sesmas), codo (3 sesmas), vara (6 sesmas)

From Latin sexta (“sixth”). Doublet of sexto and siesta. In related to the unit of length, from forming one-sixth of the vara (Spanish yard or rod).

sesma f (plural sesmas)

1. (historical) sesma, half-foot, a traditional unit of length, equivalent to about 13.9 cm

   Synonym: jeme

2. (historical) A subdivision of the kingdom of Aragón

• (unit of length): pulgada (⅙ sesma), coto (¾ sesma), palmo (1½ sesmas), pie (2 sesmas), codo (3 sesmas), vara (6 sesmas)

• “sesmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014