Cloff
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cloff is a noun meaning (historical, shipping) An allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.
Meaning
(historical, shipping) An allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.
Word Forms
- cloffs
- clough
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clough, tret, flatch, suttle, clootie, corfe.
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