English Explanatory Dictionary

hoppus ton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A unit of measurement for the volume of timber in the round, with a value equal to 50 hoppus feet or 1.8027 cubic metres.

Word forms

hoppus ton hoppus tons

Etymology

Named after Edward Hoppus, an 18th-century English surveyor.

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