Métre

French-English Dictionary of Military Terms · 1918 · p. 3

Metre ( = 3°281 ft.; 1 ft. =0°305 m.; 1 metre = -0547 fathoms; 1 fathom = 1°829 m.). Metre rule or measure.— Métre carré. Square metre (= 10-764 sq. ft. or 1:1960 sq. yds.: 1 sq. ft. = 0°0929 sq. m.; 1 sq. yd. = 0°8361 sq. m.).— Métre cube. Cubic metre (= 35°3149 cub. ft.; 1 cub. ft. = 0°0283 cub. metres)—Métre courant. Linear, running metre. [p.369]