half-quartern

British  

noun

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

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half-quartern

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

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

"The —— Food Economy Committee were astounded yesterday at the secretary's report of a collier's family of six persons who consumed twenty half-quartern loaves in one week, averaging twenty pounds of bread per person."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 by Various

Two half-quartern brans; pound of best fresh; piece of double Glo'ster; and, to wind up all, some of the richest sort you ever lushed!'

From Oliver Twist by Dickens, Charles

I asked what the trouble was, and was told the baker had refused to sell his half-quartern loaves under sevenpence, or his quartern loaves under a shilling.

From The Message by Brock, H. M. (Henry Matthew)

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

From Adventures of Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George