Definition of "tod" [tod]

• Chiefly British A unit of weight for wool, especially one equivalent to about 28 pounds (12.7 kilograms). (noun)
• Chiefly British A bushy clump, as of ivy. (noun)

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• "i have kept martin tod, chris rennard, nick clegg and the tory candidate steve brine in the picture about all of this and done my best to be open about the future but its not easy given the amount of hate towards me and the desire some people have to cause trouble."
• "The custom is now extinct, but formerly an Ivy bush (called a tod of Ivy) was universally hung out in front of taverns in England, as it still is in Brittany and Normandy."
• "The tod was the same 28-pound measure, used specifically for wool."