Butt (unit)Unit of liquid volume / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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] Names and contents of beer and ale vessels in James Lightbody's Every Man His Own Gauger, 1695.
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] Names and contents of beer and ale vessels in James Lightbody's Every Man His Own Gauger, 1695.