DCHP-3

draught

Nfld
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a load of dried codfish equal to two quintals.

Quotations

1944
When the load [of dry codfish] on the barrow reaches a "draught" (two quintals), it is placed on the scales and checked.