Definitions for steelyard

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steelyard steel·yard

Spelling: [steel-yahrd, stil-yerd]

IPA: /ˈstilˌyɑrd, ˈstɪl yərd/

Steelyard is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 597 anagrams from letters in steelyard (adeelrsty).

Definitions for steelyard

noun

1. a portable balance with two unequal arms, the longer one having a movable counterpoise and the shorter one bearing a hook or the like for holding the object to be weighed.

Origin of steelyard

First recorded in 1630-40; steel + yard¹

Examples for steelyard

There the capture was hung upon one of the hooks of the steelyard.

The young merchant is seated among his daily surroundings in the steelyard.

Of Holbein's work for the steelyard, the greater part has been lost.

To the steelyard came all the traffic of the Orient, all the spices of the merchant.

Then Bridget Bolster was put into the box, and she was examined by Mr. steelyard.

The scales and steelyard which we have given are said to have been found at the same time.

Off the steelyard and at the Tower are men and horses in the water.

To this she adhered firmly, and Mr. steelyard handed her over to Mr. Chaffanbrass.

Bows, moreover, may be broken on the steelyard in the weighing of them.

But the steelyard I brought goes to half an ounce, and has saved me a lot of money.