Butt (unit)

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Names and contents of beer and ale vessels in James Lightbody's Every Man His Own Gauger, 1695

The butt is an obsolete English measure of liquid volume equalling two hogsheads, being between Script error: No such module "convert". by various definitions.[1]

Equivalents

A butt approximately equated to Script error: No such module "convert". for ale or Script error: No such module "convert". 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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