cavan

A unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels.

Noun

  1. A unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels.
  2. A unit of dry capacity equivalent to one and a half times or twice the Manila cavan.
  3. A sackful equivalent to 50 kilograms.

Origin

From Spanish caván, from Tagalog kaban as "Manila cavan", via Cebuano as the "provincial cavan".

Forms

cavans