chaldron

[ chawl-druhn ]

/ ˈtʃɔl drən /

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noun

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

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Origin of chaldron

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

Words nearby chaldron

Chald., Chaldaic, Chaldea, Chaldean, Chaldee, chaldron, chalet, Chaleur Bay, Chaliapin, chalice, chaliced

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How to use chaldron in a sentence

This afternoon came my great store of Coles in, being to Chaldron, so that I may see how long they will last me.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
I did not care what it was worth, I did not know what a chaldron was, anyway,—and I have never found out.
The Believing Years|Edmund Lester Pearson
Why, Baron Squash takes ten thousand chaldron of us every year; but he has such a knack, he gits the Clubs to take them.'
Henrietta Temple|Benjamin Disraeli
Each chaldron-waggon had a man in charge of it, and was originally drawn by one horse.
Lives of the Engineers|Samuel Smiles

The rest we intend to sell, we having above ten chaldron between us.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys

British Dictionary definitions for chaldron

chaldron

/ (ˈtʃɔːldrən) /

noun

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 Origin for chaldron

C17: from Old French chauderon cauldron

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