Advertisement
Advertisement
steelyard
[ steel-yahrd, stil-yerd ]
noun
- a portable balance with two unequal arms, the longer one having a movable counterpoise and the shorter one bearing a hook or the like for holding the object to be weighed.
steelyard
/ ˈstiːlˌjɑːd /
noun
- a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with two unequal arms. The load is suspended from the shorter one and the bar is returned to the horizontal by adding weights to the longer one
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of steelyard1
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of steelyard1
C17: from steel + yard 1(in the archaic sense: a rod or pole)
Discover More
Example Sentences
Hardly a minute elapsed before the Jew was back again, carrying his precious steelyard with ostentatious care.
From Project Gutenberg
The steelyard was committed to the keeping of Ben Zoof, and the visitors prepared to quit the Hansa.
From Project Gutenberg
And, moaning and groaning, the miserable man was driven to make up the full weight as registered by his own steelyard.
From Project Gutenberg
It has a conical valve pressed with a spiral spring, of any desired force, estimated by a steelyard.
From Project Gutenberg
Holbein, however, met with a warm reception from the German merchants of the Steelyard, and painted portraits of many of them.
From Project Gutenberg
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse