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English
Etymology
Probably a form of chaldron.
Noun
chalder (plural chalders)
- An old Scottish dry measure, equal to 16 bolls.
1786, Daniel De Foe [i.e., Daniel Defoe], “Appendix. Part I. Containing an Account of Transactions in both Parts of the United Kingdoms, subsequent to the Union; ”, in A History of the Union between England and Scotland, with a Collection of Original Papers Relating thereto. , London: Printed for John Stockdale, , →OCLC, page 600:[T]he valuation of lands, tenor of leaſes, the rents, the entails, rent charges, life rents, and payments for or out of land revenue, are all reckoned in Scotland by the chalder, boll, firlot, and lippy, and cannot be altered; [...]
Scots
Etymology
From Norn chaldro, from Old Norse tjaldr. Cognate to Icelandic tjaldur m and Faroese tjaldur n.
Pronunciation
Noun
chalder (plural chalders)
- (Northern Isles) oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Further reading
- “chalder”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
- Flaws, Margaret, Lamb, Gregor (1996) The Orkney Dictionary, Kirkwall, Orkney: Orkney Language and Culture Group, published 2001, →ISBN