Picul

2 definitions found

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

  Picul \Pic"ul\, n. [Jav. & Malay pikul, fr. pikul to carry on
     the back, to carry a burden; n., a man's burden.]
     A commercial weight varying in different countries and for
     different commodities. In Borneo it is 1355/8 lbs.; in China
     and Sumatra, 1331/2 lbs.; in Japan, 1331/3 lbs.; but
     sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, {tan}.


     [Written also {pecul}, and {pecal}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  picul
       n : a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately
           equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)