wt.

American  

abbreviation

1. weight.

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wt. British  

abbreviation

1. weight

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Example Sentences

Inside passengers allowed 10lb. wt., all above Three Half-pence per pound from Frome as usual.

From Notes and Queries, Number 05, December 1, 1849 by Various

In that state, 40 gallons of wort contain the saccharine principles of 200 wt. of grain. 4thly.

From The Art of Making Whiskey So As to Obtain a Better, Purer, Cheaper and Greater Quantity of Spirit, From a Given Quantity of Grain by C. M.

Proposed Schedule For Testing Butternuts 25 Nut Samples    Score = Wt. kernels first crack + total wt. kernels ÷ 2 + no. whole    halves ÷ 2.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Wharfore my dere if it lyk zow, by the awyse off zowr wyse counsel for to sett remadye off the salvation off yhower castells wt. stand the malyce off ther sehures foresayde.

From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh

Item whan I went to Master Fforster to the Welde to speke wt. him, to have councell for the wele of the place, for a kercher geven to hym, ij s.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen