A yard was defined by Henry I of England as the distance from his nose to the tip of his outstretched thumb. A foot was one third of a yard.
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One cubic foot, the volume of a cube that is one foot long, one foot high and one foot wide.
If you have a board that is 1 by 12 inches that is 10 foot long you will have 10 inches of board feet. This a math problem.
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If your foot is twelve inches long then yes it is. The word foot was used to establish the measurement "a foot" because it is the approximate size of a mans foot.
A half of one foot is six inches long.