A hand (or handbreadth) is a unit of length %20%20%20Measurement%20is%20the%20determination%20of%20the%20size%20or%20magnitude%20of%20something.%20... measurement, usually based on the breadth of a male human hand and thus around 1 %20%20%20A%20decimetre%20(symbol%3A%20dm%2C%20American%20spelling%3A%20decimeter)%20is%20a%20measurement%20of%20distance%20equal%20to%20ten%20centimetres%20or%201%2F10%20metre.%20... dm, i.e. 10 %20%20%20%20cm%20redirects%20here%2C%20alternate%20uses%3A%20cm%20(disambiguation)%20%20A%20centimetre%20(symbol%20cm%3B%20American%20spelling%3A%20centimeter)%20is%20an%20SI%20unit%20of%20length.%20... cm.

Today it is only used for the height of %20%20%20%20%20horse%2C%20see%20Horse%20(disambiguation).%20%20... horses in the %20%20%20The%20United%20States%20of%20America%20%26%238212%3B%20also%20referred%20to%20as%20the%20United%20States%2C%20the%20U.... United States and the %20%20%20The%20United%20Kingdom%20of%20Great%20Britain%20and%20Northern%20Ireland%20is%20a%20%20%20country%20in%20%20%20western%20Europe%2C%20and%20a%20member%20of%20the%20%20%20British%20Commonwealth%20and%20%20%20European%20Union.%20... United Kingdom. In this context, one hand equals four %20%20%20%20%20%20%20Mid-19th%20century%20tool%20for%20converting%20between%20different%20standards%20of%20the%20inch%20%20%20An%20inch%20is%20an%20Imperial%20unit%20of%20length.%20... inches (10.16 cm). The horse is measured from the ground to the top of the %20%20%20The%20withers%20is%20the%20highest%20point%20on%20a%20horse%5Cs%20back%2C%20on%20the%20ridge%20between%20its%20shoulder%20blades.%20... withers. So a horse that is 15 hands high (abbreviated 15 hh) is 60 inches from the ground to the top of the withers. There are also smaller increments used between the hands. A horse 61 inches tall would be 15.1 hh (said "fifteen one hands high") a horse 62" would be 15.2 hh, 63" would be 15.3 hh, 64" would be 16 hands high.

See also: %20%20%20Alternate%20meanings%3A%20Hand%20(disambiguation)%20%20A%20human%20left%20hand%20The%20hand%20(med.%2F... hand.