Definition of "doubloon" [doub•loon]

• A gold coin formerly used in Spain and Spanish America. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The Brasher coin was called a doubloon because it is approximately the weight of a Spanish gold doubloon, a common coin in colonial America."
• "He confided with pride: “A doubloon is my constant gain every day that the weather will permit my going out, and sometimes six pistoles.”"
• "A doubloon is my constant gain every day that the weather will permit my going out, and sometimes six pistoles."