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Is this not how lumber is measured in other countries?
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Old Slavic customary measurements had "foot", but also "palm" and "elbow" (roughly forearm length), as well as some less obvious body part based measurements
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elle_(Einheit)
The Elle / Yard / Forearm is one of the oldest and most common ways of measurement