» For the multi-touch interface see CUBIT (multi-touch). For the unit of information, see qubit. For the bone, see ulna. A cubit's the first recorded unit of length and was one of many different standards of measurement used through history. It was originally based on measuring by comparing to one's forearm length. The Egyptian hieroglyph for the unit shows this symbol. It was employed through Antiquity, the Middle-Ages up to the Early Modern Times, especially for measuring cords and textiles,… (More on Cubits)