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chalder

chalder noun: an old Scottish dry measure, equal to 16 bolls.

Noun

chalder (plural chalders)

  1. An old Scottish dry measure, equal to 16 bolls.
    • [T]he valuation of lands, tenor of leaſes, the rents, the entails, rent charges, life rents, and payments for or out of land revenue, are all reckoned in Scotland by the chalder, boll, firlot, and lippy, and cannot be altered; [...]1786, Daniel De Foe [i.e., Daniel Defoe], “Appendix. Part I. Containing an Account of Transactions in both Parts of the United Kingdoms, subsequent to the Union; […]”, in A History of the Union...

Forms of chalder

pluralchalders

Origin of chalder

Probably a form of chaldron.

Questions about chalder

What does chalder mean?
Chalder means an old Scottish dry measure, equal to 16 bolls.
What part of speech is chalder?
Chalder is a noun.
What is the plural of chalder?
The plural of chalder is chalders.

Words near chalder in the dictionary

  1. Chaldeanisms
  2. Chaldeans
  3. Chaldee
  4. Chaldees
  5. Chaldene
  6. chalder
  7. chalders
  8. Chaldia
  9. Chaldiran
  10. chaldo
  11. Chaldoi

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