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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 chal·dron /ˈʧɔldrən, ˈʧɑl-/
 煤量名

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Chal·dron n.  An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke.
 Note: ☞ In the United States the chaldron is ordinarily 2,940 lbs, but at New York it is 2,500 lbs.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 chaldron
      n : a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to
          36 bushels