burthen

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈbɝðn̩/

Noun

historical obsolete archaic form-of

(obsolete or historical, nautical) The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds. / Archaic form of burden.

Japanese Meaning

（旧式）船の積載量、船が酒樽（ワイン）の数に基づいて運搬できる貨物量 / （古語）荷物、負担

What is this buttons?

The merchant logged the vessel's burthen at three hundred tuns of wine, the traditional measure of its cargo capacity.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

商人はその船の積載量（ワインの樽（tun）換算）を300と記録した。これは貨物積載量を測る伝統的な方法だった。

Details

Sense（1）

… and thence to Calstock, a town on the Tamar, which is washed by the sea flowing through Plymouth Sound and Hamoaze, and which place vessels of 200 tons burthen can reach at spring tides—….

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