hundredweight

[ huhn-drid-weyt ]

/ ˈhʌn drɪdˌweɪt /

Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt

cental(def 2).

Origin of hundredweight

First recorded in 1570–80; hundred + weight

The quantity of ink daily consumed in the printing is upwards of two hundredweight.

Great Facts |Frederick C. Bakewell
So they paid a hundredweight of gold to the peasant who, whatever he did, was not scolded but kissed.

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales |Hans Christian Andersen
When two hundredweight of dust was emptied down a shaft and a charge of gunpowder fired, the result was startling.

The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 |Various
It is made out of a solid block of sandstone, and weighs about sixteen hundredweight.

The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women |Frederic Rowland Marvin

Each was to weigh nine hundredweight, and was to be fitted with twelve oars and two masts with lug sails.

The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885 |Charles Royle

hundredweight

/ (ˈhʌndrədˌweɪt) /

Also called: long hundredweight British a unit of weight equal to 112 pounds or 50.802 35 kilograms

Also called: short hundredweight US and Canadian a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds or 45.359 24 kilograms

Also called: metric hundredweight a metric unit of weight equal to 50 kilograms

Abbreviation (for senses 1, 2): cwt