1. Plural of chaldron; a large open cooking pot or cauldron, typically made of metal.
Usage: archaic; historical
2. Plural of chaldron; a unit of dry measure for coal or other commodities, used historically in Britain.
Usage: archaic; historical; British

Examples

• The medieval kitchen contained several large chaldrons for boiling water and preparing meals.
• Coal merchants measured their goods in chaldrons before modern standardized weights were adopted.
• The recipe called for ingredients to be heated in one of the copper chaldrons.
• Historical records show that chaldrons were common vessels in 16th-century households.
• The blacksmith crafted chaldrons from iron for use in the castle kitchen.