Associations to the word «Picul»

Wiktionary

PICUL, noun. A traditional Asian unit of weight, as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole.

Dictionary definition

PICUL, noun. A unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope