picul

Plural: piculs

Noun

• An Asian unit of weight, typically about 60 kilograms.
• a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)
• A traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at about 60 kg.

Examples

• The Scrabble dictionary weighed a PICUL with all its obscure entries.

Synonyms

dan, pingo, tam, tan