steel·yard

S0730500 (stēl′yärd′)n. A balance consisting of a scaled arm suspended off center, a hook at the shorter end on which to hang the object being weighed, and a counterbalance at the longer end that can be moved to find the weight.

[steel + yard, rod.]

steelyard

(ˈstiːlˌjɑːd) n (General Engineering) a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with two unequal arms. The load is suspended from the shorter one and the bar is returned to the horizontal by adding weights to the longer one[C17: from steel + yard¹ (in the archaic sense: a rod or pole)]

steel•yard

(ˈstilˌyɑrd, ˈstɪl yərd)

n. a portable balance with two unequal arms, the longer one having a movable counterpoise and the shorter one bearing a hook or the like for holding the object to be weighed. [1630–40; appar. steel + yard¹ (in sense “rod”)]

Steelyard

A weighing scale in which the object to be weighed was suspended near the end of the shorter arm of a straight pivoted beam and a light counterbalancing weight (Poise) moved along the longer arm until the beam was balanced. Also, see Cotton scale.

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steelyard - a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal lengthbeam scale, lever scalebalance - a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

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steelyard:

see balancebalance,
instrument used in laboratories and pharmacies to measure the mass or weight of a body. A balance functions by measuring the force of gravity that the earth exerts on an object, i.e., its weight.
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Steelyard

(an incorrect English translation of the German Staalhof, from Middle Low German Staal, or “sample,” and Hof, or “yard,” the error resulting from the similar pronunciations of the German words Staal and Stahl, or “steel”), a name that dates from the 15th and 16th centuries for the Kontor (counter) of the German Hanseatic merchants in London, the center of Hanseatic trading in England. The Steelyard, located on the site of a German merchants’ hall known from the 13th century, was a community united in strict discipline; its members enjoyed extensive commercial privileges in England. Trade was strictly regulated by the Hanseatic League. The Steelyard had branches in several other English cities as well. In the late 16th century, the Kontor was closed; the privileges of the Hanseatic merchants were revoked, and the merchants themselves were expelled from England.

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[′stil·yərd] (engineering) A weighing device with a counterbalanced arm supporting the load to be weighed on the short end.

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noun a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length

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