quintal [kwin-tl] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (220.5 avoirdupois pounds).
- hundredweight.
Origin of quintal 1425–75; late Middle English Medieval Latin quintāle Arabic qinṭār weight of a hundred pounds, probably ≪ Latin centēnārius. Cf. centenary, kantar, kilderkin Examples from the Web for quintal Historical Examples of quintal
“‘Wouldn’t hev your conscience fer a thousand quintal,” said Dan.
Rudyard Kipling
You see, we’re first off the Banks this season, and it’s four twenty-five a quintal.
Rudyard Kipling
Pray back a nine-thousand-dollar boat an’ a thousand quintal of fish.
Rudyard Kipling
There isn’t but three—no—two ninety-four or five quintal more by my reckoning.
Rudyard Kipling
Quintal had probably not intended to hurt the child, but he expressed no regret.
R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for quintal quintal noun
- a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds
- a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
Word Origin for quintal C15: via Old French from Arabic qintār, possibly from Latin centēnārius consisting of a hundred Word Origin and History for quintal n.
“a weight of a hundred pounds,” c.1400, from Old French quintal “hundredweight,” and directly from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic quintar, from Late Greek kentenarion, from Latin centenarius “containing a hundred” (see centenary).