mercall

English

Alternative forms

• marcal, mercal, mercar

Etymology

Tamil [Term?]

Noun

mercall (plural mercalls)

1. (India, historical) A grain measure in use in the Madras Presidency, varying in different localities, but typically 12 sers; fixed since 1846 at 800 cubic inches.

References

• Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “mercall”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].