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Chaldron

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Noun

1. chaldron

a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels

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Chaldron

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noun
a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres

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Chaldron

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noun
an old unit of dry measure, now used in Great Britain only for measuring coal or coke and equal to 36 bushels

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Chaldron

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n.
A unit of dry measure formerly used in England, equal to 4 quarters or about 32 bushels for grain and 36 bushels for coal.

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