Hundredweight
WordNet
noun
(1) A British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
(2) A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
(3) A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A measure of weight containing 100 pounds (45.5 kg) in the U.S. or 112 pounds (51 kg) in the United Kingdom.
- Quotations
- 1882: The hundredweight of 112 avoirdupois lbs. becomes general in the period before me, and is employed for the commoner kinds of materials. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 209.
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