Meaning & use

Corge

noun·Academic

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An archaic unit of quantity equal to twenty, traditionally used for counting hides or skins.

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The merchant's ledger recorded a corge of deerskins sold at market.

Historical trade records mention several corges of leather shipped from the tannery.

A note on using this word

A rare, largely obsolete word now mostly encountered in historical documents or word games.

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