ferrado

Meanings

1. A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 12–18 L depending on the substance measured.
2. A trapezoidal measuring cup once used for measuring ferrados of grain.
3. A traditional Galician unit of mass equal to the amount held by a ferrado, varying from about 12–20 kg depending on the substance measured.
4. A traditional Galician unit of land area reckoned as the amount needed to sow a ferrado of seed, varying from 64–725 m² in different parts of Galicia.

Etymology

From Galician ferrado, from Medieval Latin modius ferrātus (“reinforced modius”), from Latin ferrātus (“ironed”), from ferrum (“iron”) + -ātus (“-ate”).