maund
a unit of weight in India and other parts of Asia, varying greatly according to locality: in India, from about 25 to 82.286 pounds (11 to 37.4 kilograms) (the latter being the government maund).
Origin of maund
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How to use maund in a sentence
The men dip in baskets, or maunds, expressly made for this purpose, and ladle out the quivering fish by hundreds into the boats.
The Girl of the Period and Other Social Essays, Vol. II (of 2) | Eliza Lynn LintonKasi, being an important official, receives from the Bhutan Government forty maunds of barley and forty maunds of rice annually.
The Unveiling of Lhasa | Edmund CandlerA hundred and forty maunds of inferior gunpowder was destroyed, and the arms now litter the courtyard.
The Unveiling of Lhasa | Edmund CandlerOf these, only 400 or 500 maunds reached Phari; the rest was stored at Gantok or consumed on the road.
The Unveiling of Lhasa | Edmund CandlerAn elephant can carry a weight of ten or twelve maunds—a maund being equal to eighty pounds.
Life in an Indian Outpost | Gordon Casserly
British Dictionary definitions for maund
/ (mɔːnd) /
a unit of weight used in Asia, esp India, having different values in different localities. A common value in India is 82 pounds or 37 kilograms
Origin of maund
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