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‖ rotl|ˈrɒt(ə)l|
Forms: 7 rethel, rotte (? rotle), rotal, 9 rotol, rottle, rattle, rutl, rotl.
[a. Arab. reṭl, raṭl, which is supposed by some to be an alteration of Gr. λίτρα.]
An eastern weight, varying in different places and for different commodities, but usually something between one and five pounds. Cf. rotolo.
1615W. Bedwell Arab. Trudgman s.v., An hundred Rethels do make a Cantar. 1685Pococke Comm. Hosea iii. 2 It contained the weight of seventy-two thousand drachms, that is, five hundred common rotals. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 262 The Quintal contains 150 Rottes, the Rotte 12 ounces. 1825Milburn's Oriental Commerce I. 88 [At Judda] 15 Vakias make 1 Rattle; 2 Rattles 1 maund. 1826–7Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVIII. 438/2 The Greek rotl = 180 dirhems is used in weighing cotton thread; the common rotl = 144 dirhems. 1836Lane Mod. Egypt. II. 8 The rutl is about 153/4 oz. |