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chaldron

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted acdhlnorStarts with CEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels

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  • The celdra or chaldron is employed in some places, especially at Finchale or Wearmouth. It appears to contain four quarters or thereabouts, and is perhaps the original measure of which the quarter is a fraction.
  • The visitors recorded that it [Locomotion] could haul 20 wagons, each holding one Newcastle chaldron of coal (53 cwt.).
  • ????, De Colange. In the United States the chaldron is ordinarily 2,940 lbs, but at New York it is 2,500 lbs.

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