Butt (pipe) (butt)

US customaryHistorical unit (no longer in standard use)

126 US gallons (477 L), also called a pipe: half a tun.

1 butt (pipe) = 476.9618848 liters (approximately).

1 butt (pipe) = 476.9618848 liters

About the butt (pipe)

Butt is an obsolete English liquid measure equal to two hogsheads, and for wine it is also called a pipe. At 126 US wine gallons, or 105 imperial gallons, it holds about 477 litres (476.96 L as used here). It is half a tun, so two butts fill the largest standard cask.

The size was never fully fixed. Depending on the definition a butt ranged from about 450 to 1,060 litres, and an ale butt of roughly 108 imperial gallons (about 491 litres) differed from the wine butt. The Oxford English Dictionary is cited as warning that these standards were not always followed precisely.

The informal word buttload, meaning a large quantity, is one proposed descendant of the measure. A 1695 gauging manual by James Lightbody lists beer and ale vessels by name and content.

Sources: Wikipedia: Butt (unit); Wikipedia: Tun (unit)

Butt (pipe) conversion chart

1 butt (pipe) expressed in every other volume unit:

Unit1 butt (pipe)
Liters476.9618848
Milliliters476,961.8848
US Gallons126
US Cups2,016
US Fluid Ounces16,128
Cubic Meters0.4769618848
Cubic Centimeters476,961.8848
US Quarts504
US Pints1,008
US Tablespoons32,256
US Teaspoons96,768
Metric Cups1,907.847539
Metric Tablespoons31,797.45899
Metric Teaspoons95,392.37696
Imperial Gallons104.9169473
Imperial Pints839.3355781
Imperial Fluid Ounces16,786.71156
Cubic Inches29,106
Cubic Feet16.84375
Cubic Yards0.6238425926
Oil Barrels3
Cubic Millimeters476,961,884.8
Microliters476,961,884.8
Centiliters47,696.18848
Deciliters4,769.618848
Hectoliters4.769618848
Cubic Kilometers4.769618848×10⁻¹⁰
Australian Tablespoons23,848.09424
US Legal Cups1,987.341187
Imperial Quarts419.6677891
Cubic Miles1.144292415×10⁻¹⁰
Wine Bottles635.9491797
Magnums317.9745899
Jeroboams158.9872949
Methuselahs79.49364746
Nebuchadnezzars31.79745899
US Gills4,032
US Fluid Drams129,024
US Minims7,741,440
Jiggers10,752
Pinches1,548,288
Dashes774,144
Imperial Gills3,357.342312
US Bushels13.53503037
US Pecks54.14012146
US Dry Quarts433.1209717
US Dry Pints866.2419434
US Dry Barrels4.125
US Liquid Barrels4
UK Beer Barrels2.914359646
Firkins11.65743858
Kilderkins5.828719292
Hogsheads (ale)1.942906431
Tierces3
Hogsheads (wine)2
Puncheons1.5
Tuns0.5
Acre-feet0.0003866792929
Cords0.1315917969
Board Feet202.125
Cyathi10,485.8796
Sextarii873.8233004
Congii145.6372167
Modii54.61395627
Amphorae18.20465209
Omers216.8008567
Hin130.080514
Baths (biblical)21.68008567
Homers2.168008567
Gō2,644.049432
Shō264.4049432
Tō26.44049432
Koku2.644049432
Charkas3,877.924915
Shtofs387.7924915
Vedros38.77924915

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