steelyard

Meaning

1. A transportable balance with unequal arm lengths.
2. A place where steel (and possibly other metals as well) is stored and sold.

Synonyms

balance

scales

beam scale

scale

lever scale

spring balance

weighing scale

balances

Roman balance

steelyard balance

weigh

weight beam

Roman steelyard

Roman beam

weighing unit

beam

pair of scales

quintal

beam balance

weighing machine

spring scale

scale beam

stapel scale

steelyard-type balance

balance scale

Translations

Laufgewichtswaage

romana

stadera

balance romaine

καντάρι

kantar

romana

Schnellwaage

Balkenwaage

φορητή πλάστιγξ

teenslipper

Waage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstiːljɑːɹd/

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: statera

In summary

From steel + yard (“enclosed area, rod”).
The sense of “place” is a calque of Dutch staalhof or Middle Low German Stalhof (Modern Dutch staal (“steel”) + hof (“court, yard”)).
The sense of “balance” is presumably from the sense of “place”, originally “steelyard beam”, mixed with additional sense of “rod” (hence “rod for weighing steel”), replacing earlier Latin statera.