LekhoriLekhoriThe full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.
Any of various traditional units of length approximating this distance, especially the English handspan of 9 inches forming ⅛ fathom and equivalent to 22.86 cm.
A small space or a brief portion of time.
He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.
To extend through the distance between or across.
The suspension bridge spanned the canyon.
To extend through (a time period).
A surname.
From Middle English spanne, from Old English spann, from Proto-Germanic *spannō (“span, handbreadth”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”). Cognate with Dutch span, spanne, German Spanne...
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The parking lot spans three acres.
simple past of spin
But when Adam delued, and Eue ſpan, VVho was then a Gentleman?