pound-force
USpownd-FORS/ˌpaʊndˈfɔɹs/UKpownd-FAWS/ˌpaʊndˈfɔːs/
Pluralpounds-force
- 1A unit for measuring force, equal to the pull of gravity on a one-pound weight.
Like weighing a push or a pull: it tells you how hard something presses, not how heavy it is.
The bolt must be tightened to about thirty pound-force.
This spring pushes back with a force of ten pound-force.
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Origin
From the words 'pound' and 'force', to keep it separate from the unit of mass.