Butt (unit)
The butt [ bʌt ] (from old French and Italian botte , related to German bucket ), also known as pipe , is an old English volume unit for wine barrels, which corresponded to two hogsheads (approx. 477 liters).
The hogshead varied in size, today it is often made up of 63 US gallons (approx. 238.5 l), so that a butt usually corresponds to 126 US gallons or 105 imperial gallons. The volume also varies with the use for different wines. Thus, in is Madeira a barrel with 92 gallons whereas (about 338 l) used Sherry in 108 gallons stored (about 409 liter) drums end. Other examples include 114-gallon barrels (approx. 432 L) used for brandy and 115-gallon barrels (approx. 435.5 L) used for port wine .
In addition to the main use of the unit butt for wine barrels, this expression has also become common for beer barrels , with a size of 162 gallons (approx. 613 l) being used here. This corresponds to three hogheads, which, however, has a volume of 54 gallons (approx. 204.5 l) for beer and thus has a volume reduced by 9 gallons compared to the hogheads used for wine.
The measure chain for butt or pipe as beer measure ( porter and hopped beer) was in England
- 1 Butt = 1½ Puncheons = 2 Hogsheads = 3 Barrels = 6 Kilderkins = 12 Firkins = 108 Gallons = 216 Pottles = 432 Quarts = 864 Pints = 24,729 Parisian Cubic Inches = 490½ liters
- 2 butts / pipes = 1 do
The dimensional chain for wine and brandy in England was almost the same as that for beer, but in different proportions:
- 1 Butt = 1½ Puncheons = 2 Hogsheads = 3 Tierce = 4 Barrels = 7 Kilderkins = 126 Gallons = 252 Pottles = 504 Quarts = 1008 Pints = 28,850 Parisian Cubic Inches = 571½ liters
- 1 butt / pipe = ½ do
Others
- A buttload is a common American slang term for a large but unspecified amount.
- George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence , Edward IV's brother is said to have been drowned in a flounder of Malvasia on February 18, 1478 .
- In Edgar Allan Poe's tale The Amontillado Barrel , it is used to describe the size of the Amontillado barrel .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gregers Otto Bruuns Begtrup: Notes on English agriculture, collected on a trip to England in 1797. Volume 1, Schubothe, Copenhagen / Leipzig 1804, p. 6 (translation from Danish).
- ^ A b Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete handbook of coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 253.
- ^ Dukes of Great Britain
- ↑ Biography Channel Duke of Clarence ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
