fangot
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Italian fagotto, fangotto (“a bundle”). Compare fagot.
Noun
[edit]fangot (plural fangots)
- (obsolete or historical) A unit formerly used for a bundle of silk, especially silk from Aleppo, of varying or unclear weight.
Usage notes
[edit]According to Webster's Dictionary, 1913, it was approximately equal one to three hundredweight, therefore about 150 kilograms.
References
[edit]- “fangot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.