Quintal

2 definitions found

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

  Quintal \Quin"tal\, n. [F., fr. Sp. quintal, fr. Ar. qintar a
     weight of 100 lbs., prob. fr. L. centenarius consisting of a
     hundred, fr. centeni a hundred each, fr. centum a hundred.
     See {Hundred}, and cf. {Kentle}.]
     1. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to
        the scale used. Cf. {Cental}. [Sometimes written and


        pronounced {kentle}.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100
        kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quintal
       n 1: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
       2: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
          [syn: {hundredweight}, {cwt}, {short hundredweight}, {centner},
           {cental}]