• (a.) Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape. • Alt. of Hair`sbreadth
Hair'breadth` (-brĕdth), Hair's' breadth` (hârz'). The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch. « Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss.» Judg. xx. 16. Hair'breadth` adjective Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.