Convert barleycorn to brasse
Selected category: length.
Definition and details for barleycorn:
Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.
Definition and details for brasse:
Brasse is a traditional unit of distance in France equal to 5 pieds. This unit was commonly used at sea.