From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hundredweight \Hun"dred*weight`\, n.
A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds
avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the
legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the
United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds
avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes
called the short ton, being the legal ton.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cental \Cen"tal\, n. [L. centum a hundred.]
A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many
parts of the United States a {Hundredweight}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hundredweight
n 1: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms [syn:
{hundredweight}, {metric hundredweight}, {doppelzentner},
{centner}]
2: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [syn:
{hundredweight}, {cwt}, {short hundredweight}, {centner},
{cental}, {quintal}]
3: a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds [syn:
{hundredweight}, {cwt}, {long hundredweight}]
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