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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Unit of liquid volume

The butt is an obsolete English measure of liquid volume equalling two hogsheads, being between 450 and 1,060 litres (99 and 233 imp gal; 120 and 280 US gal) by various definitions.[1]

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A butt approximately equated to 108 imperial gallons (130 US gallons; 491 litres) for ale or 105 imperial gallons (126 US gallons; 477 litres) for wine (also known as a pipe), although the Oxford English Dictionary notes that "these standards were not always precisely adhered to".[1][2]

The butt is one in a series of English wine cask units, being half of a tun.[citation needed]

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• English wine cask units#Pipe or butt

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1. ^ a b "butt, n.4 meanings, etymology and more". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
2. ^ Ciphering (1833). Ciphering made easy, or, An attempt to render simple and interesting the first four rules of arithmetic. p. 84. ISBN 978-0559229732. Retrieved 2016-03-18. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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