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The butt is an obsolete English measure of liquid volume equalling two
hogshead A hogshead (abbreviated "hhd", plural "hhds") is a large cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commodity). More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in either imperial or US customary measures, primarily applied to alcoh ...
s, being between by various definitions.


Equivalents

A butt approximately equated to for ale or for
wine Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are ...
(also known as a ''pipe''), although the '' Oxford English Dictionary'' notes that "these standards were not always precisely adhered to". The butt is one in a series of
English wine cask units Capacities of wine casks were formerly measured and standardised according to a specific system of English units. The various units were historically defined in terms of the wine gallon so varied according to the definition of the gallon until the ...
, being half of a ''
tun TUN or tun may refer to: Biology * Tun shells, large sea snails of the family ''Tonnidae'' * Tun, a tardigrade in its cryptobiotic state * Tun or Toon, common name for trees of the genus ''Toona'' Places * Tun, Sweden, a locality in Västra G� ...
''.


See also

* English wine cask units § Pipe or butt


References

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