Also chetvert. [Russian tchetverti quarter, f. tchetvero four.] A Russian measure of capacity, = 0.68 of an imperial quarter.
1855. Englishwoman in Russia, 184. The landowners in Russia … sent millions of tchetvas of corn out of the country, and left their own people in a state of absolute starvation.
1890. Daily News, 5 Nov., 5/6. Of rye,… there were yielded 113 million tchetverts, the Russian quarter, as against 112, the average for the last five years.
