1) British capacity unit 2) Imperial capacity unit 3) Imperial unit
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old unit of dry volume equal to between 32 and 72 bushels
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• (n.) An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke.
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(from the article `British Imperial System`) ...units were the imperial standard yard and the troy pound, which was later restricted to weighing drugs, precious metals, and jewels. A 1963 act ...
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Chal'dron noun [ Old French
chaldron , French
chaudron kettle. The same word as
caldron .] An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke. » In the Unite...
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The chaldron is an old English unit of capacity measurement equivalent to 36 bushels. It was used as a measure of coal in England, equal to 6,800 lbs.
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measure of coal, usually 36 or 48 bushels
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n] - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels
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noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels
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an English dry measure formerly used for coal, coke, lime, and the like, varying locally from 32 to 36 bushels or more.
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