English
thousandweight
From thousand + weight.
Today it means
noun A measure of weight consisting of a thousand pounds.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “thousandweight”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / thousandweight