fathom (the length of a man’s armspan, roughly six feet) · fathom (unit of volume equivalent to 0.56 cubic metres; to measure wood size) · freestyle, front crawl
köken: From Middle High German klā̆fter, from Old High German klāftra. Cognate with German Klafter. The development of the swimming-related uses is uncertain, but may plausibly be related to the sense “armspan”.