chaldron

[ chawl-druhn ]

noun

1. an English dry measure formerly used for coal, coke, lime, and the like, varying locally from 32 to 36 bushels or more.

chaldron

/ ˈtʃɔːldrən /

noun

1. a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres

Word History and Origins

Origin of chaldron¹

1375–1425; late Middle English, earlier chaudron < Middle French chauderon cauldron

Word History and Origins

Origin of chaldron¹

C17: from Old French chauderon cauldron

Example Sentences

He had every year twenty chaldron of coal and twelve dozen of wax and sixty-four dozen of tallow candles, valued by himself at �103.

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The largest quantity of work will not be done by this curious engine for pay, or under pressure, or by help of any kind of fuel which may be supplied by the chaldron.

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By night, as the leak was stopped, the after-hold was quite clear, ten chaldrons of coals having been baled out since the commencement of the gale.

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Now they seize the heaps of the tortured, they shoulder them, and away with them to the chaldron of burning brimstone.

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The master’s salary is £40 besides his dwelling, and two chaldron of coals yearly.—There is also a private lunatic house, situate near where brazen doors formerly stood.

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