noun
- Plural of pood; a unit of weight used in Russia and some other countries, equal to approximately 40 pounds or 16.38 kilograms.
Usage: chiefly historical; used in Russian and Eastern European contexts
Examples
- The merchant measured the grain in poods according to local custom.
- Historical records show that Russian wheat was often traded in poods.
- The old scale was calibrated to weigh items in poods.
- Before metric conversion, poods were the standard unit of mass in Russia.