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rottols

rottols is the plural of rottol.

Meaning of rottol

Noun

rottol (plural rottols)

  1. (historical) A former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight, usually between 1–5 pounds (0.5–2.5 kg).
    • ROTTOLO, in Commerce, a weight used in Italy and the Levant. At Aleppo, and its port Scanderoon, the cantaro contains 100 rottoli, each of which is subdivided into 12 ounces, or 720 drachms; the great cantaro of Tripoli contains 175 rottoli, and the zurlo consists of 27½ rottoli. This rottolo, with...1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia, Vol. XXX, p. 614
    Synonyms:
    pound

Questions about rottols

What is rottols the plural of?
Rottols is the plural of rottol.

Words near rottols in the dictionary

  1. Rotto
  2. rottol
  3. rottoli
  4. rottolo
  5. rottolos
  6. rottols
  7. Rotts
  8. Rottum
  9. rottweiler
  10. rottweilers
  11. rottweiller

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