Time_Sports. 89 CONNECTTWEETCOMMENTEMAILMORE. Baseball's biggest hitters will muscle up and swing for the fences Monday night in the 2016 MLB Home Run Derby. In San Diego's Petco Park, Todd Frazier will look to defend his Derby title, facing off against a field off Derby vets and rookies.
An ancient unit of linear measure, originally equal to the length of the forearm from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow, or about 17 to 22 inches (43 to 56 centimeters). [Middle English. , from Latin. , cubit, elbow .].
This length is the measure from a man's hip to the fingers of the outstretched opposite arm. The English yard could be considered to be a type of cubit, measuring 12 palms, ~90 cm, or 36 inches (3.00 ft). This is the measure from the middle of a man's body to his fingers, always with outstretched arm. The English ell is essentially a kind of great cubit of 15 palms, 114 cm, or 45 inches (3.75 ft).