picul Hear it!

picul definition

picul (pik′əl)

noun pl. picul -·ul′ or piculs -·uls′

a unit of weight equal to 100 catties, about 133 pounds (60 kilograms), used in various countries of Southeast Asia

Etymology: < Malay (or Javanese) pikul, lit., a man's load < pikul, to carry over the shoulders

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.