By the title in Purchas, we learn that the Consent was a vessel of 115 tons burden.
This pinnace was about 18 tons burden, and was very fit and necessary for going before our ships at our getting to India.
The river Jumna is broader than the Thames at London, and has many boats and barges, some of them of 100 tons burden; but these cannot return against the stream.
In each succeeding drawing an increased size was proposed; at length the fifth design, showing a ship of 3,443 tons burden, was finally approved of.
The vessel was of no great size, merely some 130 tons burden, but was considerably strengthened and suitably provided for her coming struggle with the ice.
This is only a vessel of moderate size; but the two Manilla ships are each of about 1000 tons burden.
This ship was the Santa Anna of 700 tons burden, belonging to the king of Spain, and commanded by the admiral of the South Sea.
She is formed of the best black walnut timber, 38 tons burden, and calculated for carrying timber.
The Black Lion, one of their ships, of 900 tons burden, was sent away for Bantam, fully laden with raw silk and other rich Chinese commodities.
The Savannah was about 350 tons burden, and was on this occasion commanded by Captain Moses Rodgers.
Already a Biscayan of 600 tons burden, the Santa Clara, had been captured and sent to England.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tons burden" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
