Bos (unit)
Bos was a Dutch counting and piece measure. The measure was used in the timber trade and corresponded to the bundle or pack . In Dutch it was called Hoephout or tire wood and was the starting material for the barrel hoop production by the hoop cutter .
- 1 Bos = 25 pieces of Hoepen (wood for barrel hoops)
- 40 Bos = 1000 pieces
literature
- Gottfried Christian Bohn, Gerhard Philipp Heinrich Norrmann : warehouse, or dictionary of products and goods. Volume 1, Carl Ernst Bohn, Hamburg 1805, p. 236.