Cloff
Pronunciation : Cloff
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition : Defn: Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight. [Written also clough.] McCulloch.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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