Dotchin is an obsolete Anglo-Indian term for a steelyard or balance — a weighing instrument that uses a counterweight rather than two pans.
Dotchin is an obsolete Anglo-Indian term for a steelyard or balance — a weighing instrument that uses a counterweight rather than two pans. The term appears in colonial-era trade and administrative records from India, where market weighing was an important function requiring specific vocabulary. Of interest primarily to historians of trade and commerce in colonial South Asia. Entirely archaic in contemporary usage.
The grain merchant brought out his dotchin and carefully balanced each sack before agreeing a price.
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(India, obsolete) A steelyard or balance.