ceroon

1. (archaic) A bale or package, covered or bound with hide, formerly used in Central America.Examples: "a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc."; "Troops of pack animals constantly passed us, laden with enormous hide ceroons, filled with grain. The scene was pastoral."; "The final sorting and classifying of bark are done at the main store-houses at the coast, where it is closely packed in ceroons of previously moistened cowhides (hair-side out), or in bales of heavy sacking."archaic