† skippound Obs. rare.
[ad. Du. schippond, or LG. schippund (cf. ON., MSw., etc., skippund.]
= shippound.
| 1622 Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 30 The Skippound is vsed in many places..: the Skippound is taken for the lading of corne in a ship, Quasi Shippond, as a diuident of a Last of corne. 1674 S. Jeake Arith. Surv. (1696) 126 At Antwerp..A Stone is 8 lb. The Skippound 300 lb. |