Libbra

Alternative forms

• libra, {{3}}

Origin

From . .

Full definition of libbra

Noun

1. A traditional Italian unit of mass now equated to the pound.
• 1934, Ralph W. Smith, What Is a Fifty-Pound Weight?, We find that in modern times the funt of Russia, the libbra of Italy, the libra of Spain, Portugal and various South and Central American countries, the livre of France and Greece, the pfund of Germany, the pond of Java and the Netherlands, and the pund of Denmark and Sweden, correspond to the avoirdupois pound, as we know it, although the exact equivalents in terms of our pound vary from about ¾ to over 2 pounds.
• 1991, Sandra Cavallo, Domestic Strategies: Work and Family in France and Italy, 1600–1800 Chapter Patterns of poverty and patterns of relief, In the first two samples analysed (1743 and 1753), bread remained a grant for young children only, who were recipients of three to four libbre of bread per week.
• 2006, w:Andrea Palladio, Palladio’s Rome: A Translation of Andrea Palladio’s Two Guidebooks to Rome Chapter On the Treasury, That Is, the Chamber of the Commune, and the Money that People Used in Rome in Those Times, From this treasury, Julius Caesar, having broken down the doors, took 4,135 libbre of gold and nine hundred thousand libbre of silver, and in their place he put the same quantity of gilt bronze.