mett

English

Alternative forms

• mitta

Noun

mett (plural metts)

1. an old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels.
   • 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 168:

     Once the mitta, or mett, a quantity of two bushels, is used for salt. The name still lingers in Lancashire.