GBC
Weight

Seam

Modern equivalent

200 to 300 pounds

A traditional packhorse load measure for commodities like glass and wool (200-300 lbs).

A seam represented the maximum balanced load a packhorse could comfortably carry across rugged pre-industrial trade tracks without tipping.

Part of a system

The Timber Load

Related units

Load (Timber)

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