Definition of "three-foot" [three-foot]

• Measuring three feet: as, a three-foot rule.
• Having three feet; three-footed.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "When he emerged from the fast food place, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a news release they ordered him to drop what they described as a three-foot metal bar."
• "Sarah Palin said as she rode a bus emblazoned with her name in three-foot letters."
• "Along each of the 86 cables are strung 60 three-foot spherical detectors, called digital optical modules or DOMs. These glass-covered orbs are designed to find evidence of neutrinos - particles formed in the hearts of stars that are so small they pass right through the Earth and our bodies without hitting molecules or other matter."