Ceroon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ceroon is a noun meaning (archaic) A bale or package, covered or bound with hide, formerly used in Central America.
Meaning
(archaic) A bale or package, covered or bound with hide, formerly used in Central America.
Example Sentences
a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.
Troops of pack animals constantly passed us, laden with enormous hide ceroons, filled with grain. The scene was pastoral.
The final sorting and classifying of bark are done at the main store-houses at the coast, where it is closely packed in ceroons of previously moistened cowhides (hair-side out), or in bales of heavy sacking.
Word Forms
- ceroons
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include seron, seroon, bale, creel, bottle, cerement.
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