broadpiece (plural broadpieces)
(historical) An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, such as a Carolus or Jacobus.
Source: Wiktionary
Broad"piece`, n.
Definition: An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 May 2025
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
