hundredweight
/ˈhʌndrədˌweɪt/
noun
- A unit of weight equal to 100 pounds (in the U.S.) or 112 pounds (in the U.K.), used especially for measuring heavy goods like grain, livestock, or industrial materials.
- The farmer sold a hundredweight of potatoes to the local market.
- Each sack of cement weighs about one hundredweight.
- The truck's load was measured in hundredweights, not tons.