GBC
Weight

Hundredweight (cwt)

Modern equivalent

112 pounds = 50.8023 kilograms

The traditional "long hundredweight" of 112 lbs established legislatively by Edward III.

Bridging retail pounds with massive industrial tons, the long hundredweight (20 to a ton) was the cornerstone wholesale measure for coal, grain, and heavy metal trade across Britain.

Part of a system

The Avoirdupois System

In the language

Like a ton of bricks

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