hogshead

hogshead

1. vanha englantilainen juomien tilavuusmitta, noin 240 litraa

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hogshead

barreli, tynnyri, pönttö, brittiläinen tilavuusyksikkö.

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Englannin sanakirja

hogshead englanniksi

1. An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52 1/2 imperial gallons; a half pipe.

2. 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p.205

Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.

3. A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.

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