cavan
A unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels.
Noun
- A unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels.
- A unit of dry capacity equivalent to one and a half times or twice the Manila cavan.
- A sackful equivalent to 50 kilograms.
Origin
From Spanish caván, from Tagalog kaban as "Manila cavan", via Cebuano as the "provincial cavan".