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chaldron definition

chal·dron (c̸hôl′drən)

noun

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

Etymology: ME < OFr chauderon: see caldron

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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