In colonial British North America, a salt measure, about 15 bushels. Lederer says it is from the French, but it more likely derives from the Portuguese moio, since there was a large trade in salt with the Azores.
Richard M. Lederer, Jr.
Colonial American English. A Glossary.
Essex, Connecticut: A Verbatim Book, 1985.
Page 152.
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