Long Hundredweight (Noun)
Meaning
A British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The load on the old scale tipped to nearly three long hundredweight of cargo and we needed more straps.
- British weights have used long hundredweight and ton in past business dealings before conversion.
- These commercial markets dealt exclusively in the British units like the long hundredweight of coal they hauled away each morning.
- While older commercial farms listed sales of products per long hundredweight many preferred dealing per short ton due to United States partnerships.
- Converting an English ton with 20 long hundredweight equivalent had long proved puzzling when measuring up.