kroo

plural kroos

1. An obsolete African unit of measure, varying by the type of produce.

   I raised, last year, rice, potatoes, and cassada, of which I had an abundance for my own use and a quantity for sale. I sold over 100 kroos of sweet potatoes, fifty kroos of cassada and fifty kroos of rice. Potatoes are worth 25 cents per kroo; cassada, 18 cents, and rice, half cleaned, $1.

   1845, The African Repository

1. archaicpluralplural onlyArchaic form of Kru (“West African people”).