n. A unit of dry measure formerly used in England, equal to 4 quarters or about 32 bushels for grain and 36 bushels for coal. [Middle English, from Old French chauderon, augmentative of chaudiere, kettle, from Late Latin caldāria; see CAULDRON.] |
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