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  2. English brewery cask units - Wikipedia

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    Casks in this size (themselves called firkins) are the most common container for cask ale. firkin (Ale) From the mid 15th century until 1688 the ale firkin was defined as 8 ale or beer gallons (36.97 litres). In 1688 the ale firkin was redefined to be 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 ale or beer gallons (39.28 L). In 1803 ale firkin was again redefined to be 9 ale ...

  3. English wine cask units - Wikipedia

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    The tun (Old English: tunne, Latin: tunellus, Middle Latin: tunna) is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, oil or honey.It is typically a large vat or vessel, most often holding 252 wine gallons, but occasionally other sizes (e.g. 256, 240 and 208 gallons) were also used.

  4. Barrel - Wikipedia

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    The standard size barrel of crude oil or other petroleum product (abbreviated bbl) is 42 US gallons (35.0 imp gal; 159.0 L). This measurement originated in the early Pennsylvania oil fields, and permitted both British and American merchants to refer to the same unit, based on the old English wine measure, the tierce.

  5. Coffin - Wikipedia

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    A shop window display of coffins at a Polish funeral director's office A casket showroom in Billings, Montana, depicting split lid coffins.. A coffin is a funerary box used for viewing or keeping a corpse, for either burial or cremation.

  6. Casket - Wikipedia

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    Casket most often refers to: Coffin , a box used for the display and burial of corpses Casket (decorative box) , a decorated container, usually larger than about 10 centimetres (4 inches) in width and length, but smaller than a "chest"

  7. Pall (funeral) - Wikipedia

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    A pall (also called mortcloth or casket saddle) is a cloth that covers a casket or coffin at funerals. [1] The word comes from the Latin pallium (cloak), through Old English . [ 2 ] A pall or palla is also a stiffened square card covered with white linen , usually embroidered with a cross or some other appropriate symbol.

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