hundredweightn.

Brit.

/ˈhʌndrədweɪt/, U.S.

/ˈhəndrədˌweɪt/

Etymology: < hundred n. and adj. + weight n.¹ The plural is unchanged after a numeral or an adjective expressing plurality, as many.

An avoirdupois weight equal to 112 pounds; probably originally to a hundred pounds, whence the name. Abbreviated cwt. (formerly C.). Locally it has varied from 100 to 120 lb.; ‘in the United States a hundredweight is now commonly understood as 100 pounds’ ( Cent. Dict.).

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > hundredweight

quintal1401

hundred1543

hundredweight1577

a hundred gross1659

1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. N.ii A hundred is not iust 100, but is 112 pound.]

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) iii. i. ii. 4 Such [horses] as are kept also for burden, will carie foure hundred weight commonlie.

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 53 The said quantity of Milk will make 2½ C. of Raw-Milk-Cheese, and 1 C. of Whey-Butter.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical vi. 65 [She] could as soon fly with a Hundred Weight of Lead at her Heels.

1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 303 An anchor-shank weighing some hundredweights.

1865 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands (ed. 2) App. A. 564 The Jersey local hundred weight consists of 104 Jersey pounds, and the Guernsey hundred weight of 100 Guernsey pounds.

1895 Times 6 Mar. 10/6 The hundred~weight of certain kinds of cheese was 112 lb. and of others 120 lb.

attributive.1883 P. Robinson Sinners & Saints 253 Hundredweight blocks of silver bullion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hundredweight
释义	hundredweightn. Brit. /ˈhʌndrədweɪt/, U.S. /ˈhəndrədˌweɪt/ Etymology: < hundred n. and adj. + weight n.¹ The plural is unchanged after a numeral or an adjective expressing plurality, as many. An avoirdupois weight equal to 112 pounds; probably originally to a hundred pounds, whence the name. Abbreviated cwt. (formerly C.). Locally it has varied from 100 to 120 lb.; ‘in the United States a hundredweight is now commonly understood as 100 pounds’ ( Cent. Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > hundredweight quintal1401 hundred1543 hundredweight1577 a hundred gross1659 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. N.ii A hundred is not iust 100, but is 112 pound.] 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) iii. i. ii. 4 Such [horses] as are kept also for burden, will carie foure hundred weight commonlie. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 53 The said quantity of Milk will make 2½ C. of Raw-Milk-Cheese, and 1 C. of Whey-Butter. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical vi. 65 [She] could as soon fly with a Hundred Weight of Lead at her Heels. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 303 An anchor-shank weighing some hundredweights. 1865 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands (ed. 2) App. A. 564 The Jersey local hundred weight consists of 104 Jersey pounds, and the Guernsey hundred weight of 100 Guernsey pounds. 1895 Times 6 Mar. 10/6 The hundred~weight of certain kinds of cheese was 112 lb. and of others 120 lb. attributive.1883 P. Robinson Sinners & Saints 253 Hundredweight blocks of silver bullion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577
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