Makeweight

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Makeweight \Make"weight`\, n.
     That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something
     of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  makeweight
       n 1: anything added to fill out a whole; "some of the items in
            the collection are mere makeweights" [syn: {filler}]
       2: a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight