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old Russian measure of distance

  • 1 сажень

    1) General subject: fathom
    2) Naval: fathom (6 фут)
    3) Obsolete: old Russian measure of distance (equal to 2.13 m)
    4) Russian: sagene
    5) Cartography: Russian fathom

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > сажень

  • 2 верста

    ж.
    1) ( мера длины) verst (old Russian measure of distance equal to 3500 feet or 1.6 km)
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    за версту́ ви́дно [слы́шно, па́хнет] — one can see [hear, smell] (from) a mile away / off

    коло́менская верста́, с коло́менскую версту́ разг. шутл. — ≈ (tall as a) beanpole

    обходи́ть кого́-л за версту́ [за три версты́] — ≈ give smb the widest possible berth

    за́ семь вёрст киселя́ хлеба́ть — см. кисель

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > верста

  • 3 Д-265

    СТОЛБОВАЯ ДОРОГА NP
    I. obs a large post road with poles indicating distance in versts (verst = an old Russian measure of linear distance, approx. two thirds of a mile)
    highroad
    main road (thoroughfare) highway.
    А Чичиков в довольном расположении духа сидел в своей бричке, катившейся давно по столбовой дороге (Гоголь 3). As for Chichikov, he was in a contented frame of mind, sitting in his britska, which had for some time been rolling along the highroad (3c).
    2. \Д-265 (чего) ( sing only
    fixed WO
    the principal direction of movement or development of sth.: mainstream
    main current (in limited contexts) highroad.
    Вторая категория - это писатели побочные, идущие не по столбовой дороге советской литературы, а где-то в стороне от неё (Войнович 1). The second category is made up of writers who do not travel the highroad of Soviet literature, but are off somewhere to the side (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Д-265

  • 4 столбовая дорога

    [NP]
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    1. obs a large post road with poles indicating distance in versts (verst ≈ an old Russian measure of linear distance, approx. two thirds of a mile):
    - highway.
         ♦ А Чичиков в довольном расположении духа сидел в своей бричке, катившейся давно по столбовой дороге (Гоголь 3). As for Chichikov, he was in a contented frame of mind, sitting in his britska, which had for some time been rolling along the highroad (3c).
    2. столбовая дорога (чего) [sing only; fixed WO]
    ⇒ the principal direction of movement or development of sth.:
    - [in limited contexts] highroad.
         ♦ Вторая категория - это писатели побочные, идущие не по столбовой дороге советской литературы, а где-то в стороне от неё (Войнович 1). The second category is made up of writers who do not travel the highroad of Soviet literature, but are off somewhere to the side (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > столбовая дорога

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