/hun"drid wayt'/ , n. , pl. hundredweights , ( as after a numeral) hundredweight .
1. Also called cental, quintal . a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbr.: cwt
2. cental (def. 2).
[ 1570-80; HUNDRED + WEIGHT ]