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.