1. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
   "The farmer sold his produce by the short cwt";
   - hundredweight, short hundredweight, centner, cental [archaic], quintal
    
2. A British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
   "The shipment weighed three long cwt";
   - hundredweight, long hundredweight [Brit]

Derived forms: cwts

Type of: avoirdupois unit

Part of: gross ton, long ton, net ton, short ton, ton

Encyclopedia: Cwt