British capacity unit - a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wetbbl, barrel - any of various units of capacity; "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons" minim - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters fluid ounce, fluidounce - a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches) gill - a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters pint - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters quart - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters peck - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons bushel - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks firkin - a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons kilderkin - an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons quarter - a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) hogshead - a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages chaldron - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels |