▪ I. chalder1 Sc.
(ˈtʃɔːldə(r))
Also 6 chawlder, chaudder, 7 chauder.
[app. a. OF. chaudière (also chaudere, chaldere, caldere) = Pr. caudiera, Sp. caldera, Pg. caldeira:—L. caldāria, f. cald-us, calid-us hot; but possibly a shortened form of chaldron, q.v. In sense 1, a med.L. celdra occurs in early Scottish statutes, and a corresponding vernacular form celdre is found.]
1. An obsolete dry measure of capacity: in Scotland 16 bolls or 64 firlots of corn, making nearly 12 quarters Winchester measure: used in the computation of the stipends of the parish ministers. For lime and coal it varied from 32 to 64 imperial bushels. (Formerly, also † celdre.)
| [a 1300 Leg. 4 Burg. lxvii, Pistor habeat ad lucrum de qualibet celdra.] |
| α 15.. Chart. Aberd. 140 (Jam.) Alsmekill land as a celdr of aits will schawe. Ibid., George of Gordoun..occupeis a celdre of atis sawyne pertenand to Dunmetht. |
| β a 1500 Act Will. in Skene Reg. Maj. (1609) 3 Ane husband man and ane fermer, sall gif the thritten veschell of their lands of service: and maireour of ane chalder, ane firlot (for knawship). c 1540 Rev. Coldingham Priory in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 11. 62 note, Wheat, 6 chalders, 7 bolls, 3 firlots, 2 pecks. c 1610 Sir J. Melvil Mem. (1735) 408 His Part..was thirteen Chalders of Victual. 1730–69 De Foe, etc. Tour Gt. Brit. II. 151 The Quantity of Coals..supposed to be about 500,000 Chalders, every Chalder containing 36 Bushels. 1799 J. Robertson Agric. Perth 286 The [lime] shells are sold at two shillings and twopence the boll, and the raw stones at seven shillings the chalder. 1730 T. Boston Mem. vi. 63 The stipend..was five chalders of victual and 8 merks. 1813 N. Carlisle Topog. Dict. Scotl. II. Halkirk, The stipend..was 2 chalders of meal, and 2 chalders of bear, {pstlg}600 Scotch, and {pstlg}30 Scotch for Communion Elements. 1812 Chalmers Let. in Life (1851) I. 274, I had only got three chalders of augmentation where I asked and had reason to look for six. |
† 2. In England = chaldron, but for coal and lime varying in quantity from 32 to 40 bushels, according as the measure was stroked or heaped. (Apparently a northern word, introduced into the London market with coal.) Obs.
| 1570 Wills & Inv. N.C. (1860) II. 324, XV Chalders of Coales. 1582 Ibid. 88 A chaudder of corne. 1581 MS. Acc. Hull Charterhouse, For sleckinge & siftinge of half a chawlder of lyme, iiijd. 1641 Best Farm. Bks. (1856) 126 Of barley..they..carry but a chalder, i.e. fower quarter, or nine seckes in a waine. 1722 De Foe Plague (1756) 255 The publick Fires..cost the City about 200 Chalder of Coals a Week. 1778 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 161/1 Last year there was imported into London from Newcastle and Sunderland 6920931/4 chalders of coals. |
3. As a liquid measure. (humorous.)
| 1630 Tincker of Turvey 11 Whole chauders of strong ale. |
▪ II. chalder2 Naut.
(ˈtʃɔːldə(r))
A rudder-brace or gudgeon.
| 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Chalders, synonymous with gudgeons of the rudder. |