chaldron

[ chawl-druhn ]

noun

1. an English dry measure formerly used for coal, coke, lime, and the like, varying locally from 32 to 36 bushels or more.

chaldron

/ ˈtʃɔːldrən /

noun

1. a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres

Word History and Origins

Origin of chaldron¹

1375–1425; late Middle English, earlier chaudron < Middle French chauderon cauldron

Word History and Origins

Origin of chaldron¹

C17: from Old French chauderon cauldron

Example Sentences

This afternoon came my great store of Coles in, being to Chaldron, so that I may see how long they will last me.

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I did not care what it was worth, I did not know what a chaldron was, anyway,—and I have never found out.

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Why, Baron Squash takes ten thousand chaldron of us every year; but he has such a knack, he gits the Clubs to take them.'

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Each chaldron-waggon had a man in charge of it, and was originally drawn by one horse.

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The rest we intend to sell, we having above ten chaldron between us.

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