chalder
English edit
Etymology edit
Probably a form of chaldron.
Noun edit
chalder (plural chalders)
- An old Scottish dry measure, equal to 16 bolls.
- 1786, Daniel De Foe [i.e., Daniel Defoe], “Appendix. Part I. Containing an Account of Transactions in both Parts of the United Kingdoms, subsequent to the Union; […]”, in A History of the Union between England and Scotland, with a Collection of Original Papers Relating thereto. […], London: Printed for John Stockdale, […], →OCLC, page 600:
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Norn chaldro, from Old Norse tjaldr. Cognate to Icelandic tjaldur m and Faroese tjaldur n.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chalder (plural chalders)
Further reading edit
- “chalder” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Flaws, Margaret, Lamb, Gregor (1996) The Orkney Dictionary, Kirkwall, Orkney: Orkney Language and Culture Group, published 2001, →ISBN