pood
Noun
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Noun
pood (plural poods)
- An obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg (approximately 36.11 pounds).
- 1869, Great Britain. Parliament, Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons (page 295)
- About 250,000 poods of yuft are prepared annually, of which about 150,000 poods are red yuft, manufactured chiefly for foreign markets.
- 1869, Great Britain. Parliament, Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons (page 295)
- A Russian unit of mass used for kettlebells, now rounded off to 16 kg (about 35.274 pounds).
- French: poud
- German: Pud
- Portuguese: pud
- Russian: пуд
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