half-quartern

British  

noun

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

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half-quartern

The amount of bread at the present time given away in London under this disposition, supplemented by some smaller bequests, is sixty-eight half-quartern loaves a week.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 Volume 17, New Series, May 8, 1852 by Chambers, Robert

You are probably not aware that at bakers' shops in the poor quarters the price of the half-quartern loaf varies sometimes from week to week.

From New Grub Street by Gissing, George

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

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

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 Cruikshank, George

I'd give you a half-quartern loaf a day, and Mr George threepence for the present, while it's winter.

From Little Meg's Children by Stretton, Hesba