| Summary: | quintal n The amount of catch each time is measured roughly in 'drafts' or 'quintals,' simply by visual judgment. Fisherman can see a boat approaching, and judge by the amount of water the boat is drawing how far down it is in the water the number of drafts (or quintals) of fish caught. A 'draft' is technically a measure of salt-bulk dry fish, a 'quintal'.a measure of light-salt dry fish, two different sorts of products, but there is a tendency in Cat Harbour to use the terms draft and quintal interchangeably. Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I 'cantal', 'kental', 'quintel', 'kantle', 'kintal(l)', 'kentalls','kentals', 'Quintal drum', '`fish drum', 'quintal faggot', '`drum', 'quintal of seals', 'quintals of bread' The first five lines of the cited quotation has a single square bracket to the left side of it, and this is the only part that appears in the dictionary.
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