A historical term for a measure of grain or commodities, or possibly a regional variant relating to chaff or grain processing.
Potentially derived from Old English or a regional dialect term connected to grain measurement and handling, though the exact etymology is obscure. May be related to 'chaff' or represent an obsolete unit of measure used in grain trading.
Some obscure historical terms like 'chaft' remind us that medieval marketplaces had dozens of specialized measurement units that have completely vanished—we've lost an entire language of commerce that traders used daily.
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