trone
noun
ˈtrōn
variants or less commonly tron
ˈträn
plural -s
chiefly Scottish
: one of various weighing machines
specifically : one for heavy wares having two horizontal bars crossing each other and beaked at the extremities
Word History
Etymology
Anglo-French trone, from Old French, from Latin trutina balance, scales, from Greek trytanē; akin to Greek tryma hole, tetrainein to pierce; from the opening in which the tongue of the scale moves