Category:Steelyard

Steel"yard, n. Etym: [so named from a place in london called the Steelyard, which was a yard in which steel was sold.]

Defn: a form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended From the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a Counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce Equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) Indicating the weight; a roman balance; -- very commonly used also in The plural form, steelyards.