Steelyard Definition

stēlyärd
noun
A balance, or scale, consisting of a metal arm suspended from above by a pivot close to one end: the object to be weighed is hung from the shorter end and a sliding weight is moved along the graduated longer end until the whole arm balances.
Webster's New World

A transportable balance with unequal arm lengths.

Wiktionary
A place where steel (possibly other metals as well) is stored and sold.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • beam scale
  • lever scale

Other Word Forms of Steelyard

Noun

Singular:
steelyard
Plural:
steelyards

Origin of Steelyard

  • steel +"Ž yard (“enclosed area" or "rod")

    From Wiktionary

  • steel yard rod

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Steelyard Sentence Examples

  • It consists of a steelyard mounted on a fulcrum; one arm carries at its extremity a heavy bob and pointer, the latter moving along a scale affixed to the stand and serving to indicate when the beam is in its standard position.

  • Under Elizabeth, however, the English Merchant Adventurers could finally rejoice at the withdrawal of privileges from the Hanseatics and their concession to England, in return for the retention of the Steelyard, of a factory in Hamburg.

  • So early as the 11th century her merchants were settled in London, their colony forming the nucleus of the Steelyard.

  • Before the end of the 16th century the privileges of the London Steelyard were suppressed by Elizabeth.

  • In 1853 they sold their common property, the London Steelyard; until 1866 they enlisted by special contract their military contingents for the German Confederation, and down to 1879 they had their own court of appeal at Lubeck.

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