单词 | chaldron |
释义 | chaldron (once / 60925 pages) n WORD FAMILY chaldron: chaldrons USAGE EXAMPLESThe fuel consisted of sea coal, 80 chaldrons, charcoal, 20 quarters, and 4,140 faggots for brewing and baking. Andrews, William, England in the Days of Old(2012) He had every year twenty chaldron of coal and twelve dozen of wax and sixty-four dozen of tallow candles, valued by himself at �103. Joyce, Herbert, The History of the Post Office—From...(2011) Now they seize the heaps of the tortured, they shoulder them, and away with them to the chaldron of burning brimstone. Hausrath, Adolf, Klytia—A Story of Heidelberg Castle(2010) n a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels Hyper British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet |
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