quintal

American  

[kwin-tl] / ˈkwɪn tl /

noun

1. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (220.5 avoirdupois pounds).

2. hundredweight.

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quintal British  

/ ˈkwɪntəl /

noun

1. a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds

2. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

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Etymology

Origin of quintal

1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin quintāle < Arabic qinṭār weight of a hundred pounds, probably ≪ Latin centēnārius. centenary, kantar, kilderkin

Example Sentences

But larger ones, such as quintal d’alsace, the massive green and white cabbages that thrive in Alsace in Northeastern France, spend many months in the ground.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022

The U.S. said it, then said it again: ECA could feed Europe without buying a quintal of wheat from Argentina.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of his ships, in 1614, loaded with dry fish for Spain, where the cargo brought "forty ryalls," or five dollars, the quintal.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

Jimmie Grimm and Bagg protested that not another quintal of fish could be stowed away.

From Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys by Duncan, Norman

The price of Carolina rice at Bordeaux, Nantes, L'Orient and Havre, varies from sixteen florins to twenty-four florins the French quintal, which is equal to one hundred and nine pounds our weight.

From The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) by Jefferson, Thomas