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Noun: long hundredweight
Usage: Brit
  1. A British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
    "The shipment weighed three long hundredweight";
    - hundredweight, cwt

Derived forms: long hundredweights

Type of: avoirdupois unit

Part of: gross ton, long ton, ton

Encyclopedia: Long hundredweight