trone

noun

ˈtrōn

variants or less commonly tron

ˈträn

plural -s

chiefly Scottish

: one of various weighing machines

specifically : one for heavy wares having two horizontal bars crossing each other and beaked at the extremities

Word History

Etymology

Anglo-French trone, from Old French, from Latin trutina balance, scales, from Greek trytanē; akin to Greek tryma hole, tetrainein to pierce; from the opening in which the tongue of the scale moves

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