half-quartern

British  

noun

1. a loaf having a weight, when baked, of 800 g

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half-quartern

In an ordinary way a baker who wishes to bake a batch of half-quartern or 2-℔ loaves scales off 2 ℔ 2 oz. of dough for each loaf.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

These are placed upon a half-quartern loaf, and carried in one hand; and, if eggs are in season, three or four may be seen clutched in the other.

From Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves by George Cruikshank

Part of Jorrocks's half-quartern loaf was bartered with the captain of an East Indiaman for a slice of buffalo-beef.

From Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities by Robert Smith Surtees

Bindle with practical samaritanism went into the parlour and returned with a half-quartern bottle.

From Adventures of Bindle by Herbert George Jenkins

Students of the half-quartern household loaf will appreciate the niceties involved.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

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