CLOFF

Noun

cloff (plural cloffs)

(historical) 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.

Source: Wiktionary


Cloff, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Definition: Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight. [Written also clough.] McCulloch.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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