Butt (unit)

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

Template:Short description The butt is an English measure of liquid volume equalling two hogsheads, being between Template:Convert by various definitions.<ref name="oed"/>

Equivalents

A butt approximately equated to Template:Convert for ale or Template:Convert for wine (also known as a pipe), although the Oxford English Dictionary notes that "these standards were not always precisely adhered to".<ref name="oed">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="ciphering">Template:Cite book</ref>

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

See also

• English wine cask units § Pipe or butt

References

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