Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Steelyard

(London, adjoining Dowgate); so called from being the place where the king's steelyard or beam was set up, for weighing goods imported into London.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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