centaln.

Brit.

/ˈsɛntl/, U.S.

/ˈsɛntəl/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin centum , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin centum hundred (see centum n.²) + -al suffix¹, perhaps after quintal n., or perhaps after dual n., plural n.

Now chiefly historical.

A unit of weight used chiefly for grain, equal to one hundred pounds (approx. 45.4 kg).Adopted in the United Kingdom following a meeting of corn merchants at the Liverpool Corn Exchange in 1858.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > pound > one hundred pounds

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1858 Manch. Guardian 2 Dec. 4/3 Mr. Crauford, of Glasgow, moved..a fourth resolution, which passed, to the effect that the new weight be termed the cental.

1862 Liverpool Mercury 8 Dec. 7/5 Conspiring to defraud Edward Drakeford..of 500 centals of wheat.

1870 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 3 Dec. There arrived at San Francisco from July 1st to date, of wheat, 3,488,000 centals, against 4,436,000 for the same time last year.

1920 J. R. Southworth Santa Barbara & Montecito 42 The crops for that year amounted to 2876 centals..of wheat, 40 centals of barley, 40 centals of corn, and 10 centals of garbanzo (chick peas).

1955 Effects Heat Treatm. Viability of Rice (U.S. Dept. Agric. Techn. Bull. No. 1129) 1 In 1952 over 48 million centals of rice were produced in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and California.

1973 Financial Times 29 Nov. 27/1 The 1973 production estimate, published yesterday by the Hops Marketing Board, is 226,610 centals.

1993 J. S. Scott Dict. Civil Engin. (ed. 4) p. xiv 20 centals = 1 short ton = 2000 lb.

2013 K. Newman Secret Financial Life Food iv. 54 By 1870, California had become so dependent on the English market that it used a British measurement (the cental: 100 pounds) instead of the bushel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cental
释义	centaln. Brit. /ˈsɛntl/, U.S. /ˈsɛntəl/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin centum , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin centum hundred (see centum n.²) + -al suffix¹, perhaps after quintal n., or perhaps after dual n., plural n. Now chiefly historical. A unit of weight used chiefly for grain, equal to one hundred pounds (approx. 45.4 kg).Adopted in the United Kingdom following a meeting of corn merchants at the Liverpool Corn Exchange in 1858. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > pound > one hundred pounds centenary1598 cental1858 1858 Manch. Guardian 2 Dec. 4/3 Mr. Crauford, of Glasgow, moved..a fourth resolution, which passed, to the effect that the new weight be termed the cental. 1862 Liverpool Mercury 8 Dec. 7/5 Conspiring to defraud Edward Drakeford..of 500 centals of wheat. 1870 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 3 Dec. There arrived at San Francisco from July 1st to date, of wheat, 3,488,000 centals, against 4,436,000 for the same time last year. 1920 J. R. Southworth Santa Barbara & Montecito 42 The crops for that year amounted to 2876 centals..of wheat, 40 centals of barley, 40 centals of corn, and 10 centals of garbanzo (chick peas). 1955 Effects Heat Treatm. Viability of Rice (U.S. Dept. Agric. Techn. Bull. No. 1129) 1 In 1952 over 48 million centals of rice were produced in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and California. 1973 Financial Times 29 Nov. 27/1 The 1973 production estimate, published yesterday by the Hops Marketing Board, is 226,610 centals. 1993 J. S. Scott Dict. Civil Engin. (ed. 4) p. xiv 20 centals = 1 short ton = 2000 lb. 2013 K. Newman Secret Financial Life Food iv. 54 By 1870, California had become so dependent on the English market that it used a British measurement (the cental: 100 pounds) instead of the bushel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1858
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