In England = chaldron, n., but for coal and lime varying in quantity from 32 to 40 bushels, according as the measure was stroked or heaped…
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > thirty-two-forty bushels or chaldron (5) chalder1570 In England = chaldron, n., but for coal and lime varying in quantity from 32 to 40 bushels, according as the measure was stroked or heaped… chaldron1615 A dry measure of 4 quarters or 32 bushels; in recent times only used for coals (36 bushels). coal measure1662 A unit of dry measure for coal, typically a chaldron (chaldron, n. 2). Now historical. Subcategories:— fourth part of a chaldron (2) |
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