Steelyard
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Steelyard — Steel yard (st[=e]l y[aum]rd; colloq. st[i^]l y[ e]rd; 277), n. [So named from a place in London called the Steelyard, which was a yard in which steel was sold.] A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
steelyard — [stēl′yärd΄, stil′yərd] n. [ STEEL + YARD1 (in obs. sense of “rod, bar”)] a balance or scale consisting of a metal arm suspended off center from above: the object to be weighed is hung from the shorter end, and a sliding weight is moved along the … English World dictionary
Steelyard — The Steelyard, from the German Stalhof, was in the Middle Ages the main trading base of the Hanseatic League in London.LocationIt lay on the north bank of the Thames by the outflow of the Walbrook, its site now covered by Cannon Street Station… … Wikipedia
Steelyard Stadium — is a football stadium in Pohang, South Korea. It is the home stadium of Pohang Steelers. The stadium holds 25,000 people and was built in 1990 (It is the first football only stadium in Korea.) … Wikipedia
Steelyard balance — A steelyard balance or steelyard is a straight beam balance with arms of unequal length. It incorporates a counterweight which slides along the calibrated longer arm to counterbalance the load and indicate its weight. A steelyard is also known as … Wikipedia
Steelyard, Merchants of the — ▪ association of German towns in the later Middle Ages, members of the Hanseatic League, an association of north German towns, who resided at its London establishment, known as the Steelyard (probably from Low German stâlgard, a courtyard) … Universalium
Steelyard Blues — Infobox Film name = Steelyard Blues image size = caption = director = Alan Myerson producer = writer = David S. Ward narrator = starring = Donald Sutherland Jane Fonda Peter Boyle music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released =… … Wikipedia
Steelyard Wharf — On the Thames, south of the Steelyard leading to Steelyard Stairs (Rocque, 1746). Shown in Archer s Views in Vestiges of Old London, 19th century. Removed for the erection of Cannon Street Station and the railway bridge … Dictionary of London
steelyard — noun Etymology: probably from 3steel + 4yard (rod) Date: 1639 a balance in which an object to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever and the weight determined by moving a counterpoise along a graduated scale on the longer arm… … New Collegiate Dictionary
steelyard — /steel yahrd , stil yeuhrd/, n. a portable balance with two unequal arms, the longer one having a movable counterpoise and the shorter one bearing a hook or the like for holding the object to be weighed. [1630 40; STEEL + YARD1] * * * … Universalium
