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O que (quem) é Steelyard - definição

MEDIAEVAL TRADING POST OF THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE IN LONDON
Stalhof; Stahlhof; The Steelyard
  • 1670}}) on display in the [[Museum of London]]
  • Hanseatic warehouse]] in [[King's Lynn]], Norfolk
  • A reproduced painting of the Steelyard (Souvenir of the British Exhibit in the Hall of Nations IPA Leipzig, 1930)
  • Düsseldorf Stahlhof]] of 1908, today.

steelyard         
['sti:lj?:d, 'st?lj?d]
¦ noun an apparatus for weighing that has a short arm taking the item to be weighed and a long graduated arm along which a weight is moved until it balances.
Origin
C17: from steel + yard1 in obs. sense 'rod, measuring stick'.
Steelyard         
·noun A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance;
- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards.
Steelyard         
The Steelyard, from the Middle Low German (sample yard), was the main trading base () of the Hanseatic League in London during the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Steelyard

The Steelyard, from the Middle Low German Stâlhof (sample yard), was the main trading base (kontor) of the Hanseatic League in London during the 15th and 16th centuries.