ceroon

Definitions

A bale or package, covered or bound with hide, formerly used in Central America.

archaic

Examples

“a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.”

“Troops of pack⟳ animals constantly passed us, laden with enormous hide⟳ ceroons, filled with grain. The scene was pastoral.”

“The final sorting and classifying of bark are done at the main store-houses at the coast, where it is closely packed in ceroons of previously moistened cowhides (hair-side out), or in bales of heavy sacking.”

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