sarplar
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Sarplar — Sar plar, n. [Cf. LL. sarplare. See {Sarplier}.] A large bale or package of wool, containing eighty tods, or 2,240 pounds, in weight. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sarplar — /sahr plahr, pleuhr/, n. 1. a coarse cloth bagging. 2. Obs. a. a bale of wool weighing 2240 lb. (1016 kg) or 80 tods. b. the weight of such a bale. Also, sarpler /sahr pleuhr/, sarplier /sahr plee euhr/. [1325 75; ME sarplar bale of wool < AF… … Useful english dictionary
cark — In old English law, a quantity of wool, whereof thirty made a sarplar. (The latter is equal to 2,240 pounds in weight or one English ton) … Black's law dictionary
cark — In old English law, a quantity of wool, whereof thirty made a sarplar. (The latter is equal to 2,240 pounds in weight or one English ton) … Black's law dictionary
