libbra

Noun

1. A traditional Italian unit of mass now equated to the pound.
   • We find that in modern times the funt of Russia, the libbra of Italy, the libra of Spain, Portugal and various South and Central American countries, the livre of France and Greece, the pfund of Germany, the pond of Java...
   • In the first two samples analysed (1743 and 1753), bread remained a grant for young children only, who were recipients of three to four libbre of bread per week. - 1991, Sandra Cavallo, “Patterns of poverty and patterns...
   • From this treasury, Julius Caesar, having broken down the doors, took 4,135 libbre of gold and nine hundred thousand libbre of silver, and in their place he put the same quantity of gilt bronze. - 2006, Andrea Palladio,...