"The Enfield inch" when an inch is not an inch!

[Peter Laidler]

There is also another imperial measurement used in the large workshops in the Army. 'A gnats knacker'. As in '.....ere......, skim a gnats knacker of the edge of this will you?' We had another to describe a fit that was a bit sloppy too '........ like throwing a sausage down the high street'. Has anyone encountered centinches yet?

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[Simon P]

Has anyone encountered centinches yet?

We have had 1000s of engineering railway drawings updated from the original blue prints some going back to the 1930s in to CAD, and we do see converted metric drawings with the occasional decimal measurement remaining.

One of these was "chains", I suppose the chap didn't know what it was and left the original term... for 22yds

[browningautorifle]

"chains"

My Grandfather used to speak in the old measurements. Rods, chains...so forth.