cental

[sen-tl]

cen·tal

[sen-tl]
noun
1.
hundredweight (def. 1).
2.
Chiefly British. a hundredweight of 112 pounds (50.8 kg).

Origin:
1865–70; < Latin cent(um) 100 + (quint)al
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cental (ˈsɛntəl)
 
n
a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds (45.3 kilograms)
 
[C19: from Latin centum hundred]

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