steelyard
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom steel + yard (“enclosed area, rod”).
The sense of “place” is a calque of Dutch staalhof or Middle Low German Stalhof (Modern Dutch staal (“steel”) + hof (“court, yard”)).
The sense of “balance” is presumably from the sense of “place”, originally “steelyard beam”, mixed with additional sense of “rod” (hence “rod for weighing steel”), replacing earlier Latin statera.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstiːljɑːɹd/, /ˈstiːljɚd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstiːljɑːd/, /ˈstiːljəd/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈstɪljəɹd/[1]
Noun
editsteelyard (plural steelyards)
- A transportable balance with unequal arm lengths.
- A place where steel (and possibly other metals as well) is stored and sold.
Translations
editsteelyard balance
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place where steel is stored and sold
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References
edit- ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 4.36, page 124.
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