'Quintal' definitions:
Definition of 'quintal'
(from WordNet)
noun
A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
noun
A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [syn: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal]
Definition of 'Quintal'
From: GCIDE
- Quintal \Quin"tal\, n. [F., fr. Sp. quintal, fr. Ar. qintar a weight of 100 lbs., prob. fr. L. centenarius consisting of a hundred, fr. centeni a hundred each, fr. centum a hundred. See Hundred, and cf. Kentle.]
- 1. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental. [Sometimes written and pronounced kentle.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois. [1913 Webster]