Amsterdam pound

noun

Etymology

Calque of Dutch Amsterdams pond, from Amsterdam + pond (“pound (weight measure)”).

  1. inherited from *pond
  2. inherited from pond
  3. compounded as amsterdam pound — “Amsterdam + pond

Definitions

  1. One of many locally defined weight measures called pound before the introduction of the…

    One of many locally defined weight measures called pound before the introduction of the metric system, important because of its use in the thriving Dutch maritime commerce; equivalent to 0.4941 kilograms.

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