fangot
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.