Fit (unit)

Fit is the name o a body pairt forby. See fit (body pairt).

Fit is a unit o meisurment o lenth (hou lang something is). It is ane o the imperial units an U.S. customary. It is cried a fit, acause it is aboot the size o a man's fit.

• 1 fit = 12 inch = 304.8 millimetre

In some kintras, fowk aften measure hicht in feet an inches. If a person is "five fit eleiven", this means that a body is 5 fit and 11 inch, or aboot 180 centimetre. The hicht is written 5'11".

The cutty wey o writin "fit" is ' or ft.