steel·yard (st l yärd )n. A balance consisting of a scaled arm suspended off center, a hook at the shorter end on which to hang the object being weighed, and a counterbalance at the longer end that can be moved to find the weight. |   |
steelyard [ˈstiːlˌjɑːd]
n
(Engineering / General Engineering) a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with two unequal arms. The load is suspended from the shorter one and the bar is returned to the horizontal by adding weights to the longer one
[from steel + yard1 (in the archaic sense: a rod or pole)]
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| Noun | 1. |  steelyard - a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal lengthbalance - a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity |
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