Butt (unit)

The butt was an English measure of liquid volume equalling two hogsheads, being between 450 and 1060 litres by various historical definitions.[1]

Equivalents

A butt approximately equated to 108 imperial gallons (130 US gallons; 491 litres) for ale or 126 imperial gallons (151 US gallons; 573 litres) for wine (also known as a pipe), although the Oxford English Dictionary notes that "these standards were not always precisely adhered to".[1][2]

The butt is one in a series of English wine cask units, being half of a tun.

See also

References
  1. "Butt, n.2". Oxford English Dictionary.
  2. Ciphering (1833). Ciphering made easy, or, An attempt to render simple and interesting the first four rules of arithmetic. p. 84. ISBN 978-0559229732. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
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