English Explanatory Dictionary

chaldron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An old English dry measure, containing four quarters. At London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke.
noun
  1. Alternative form of chawdron.

Word forms

chaldron chaldrons

Etymology

A collateral form of cauldron.

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