Noun: short hundredweight short 'hún-drud,weyt
- A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
"The farmer sold his produce by the short hundredweight";
- hundredweight, cwt, centner, cental [archaic], quintal
Derived forms: short hundredweights
Type of: avoirdupois unit
Part of: net ton, short ton, ton
Encyclopedia: Short hundredweight