DCHP-3

quintal†

[< MF < Med. L, ult. < Arabic]
Esp. Nfld
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a quantity of fish, especially cod, weighing 112 pounds.

Quotations

1712
Planters being very backward in paying he got only one hundred quintals of fish this season.
1715
The cod fishery was in a thriving condition, 386,274 quintals of cod having been made in that year, of which two-thirds had been caught and cured by the resident inhabitants.
1815
Just arrived, 100 Quintals dry Cod Fish.
1907
This effective trap is hauled up twice a day, and generally it will contain anything from 1 to 150 quintals of fish.
1958
There are places . . . where thousands of quintals of fish spoil because there is no salt.
1964
. . . a prior pre-quintal charge is reserved from the entire voyage's value for this labour called "fish-making". . . .
2n.

a container for packing and shipping dried and salted cod, holding 112 pounds.

Quotations

1824
Cleared out from the customs house here . . . 27.534 quintals of Cod Fish, 93 casks of salmon, 344 tons of Oil.
1953
The successful progressive fisherman needs nets, bobbers, trawls, quintals, salt, traps, a motorboat.