pipe

1

In England and later Great Britain, a measure of capacity used for wine, half a tun, = 126 wine gallons. After 1824, it was = 105 imperial gallons, about 477.3 liters. The pipe, sometimes called a butt, corresponds to a certain size of barrel. See wine barrel for a chart showing its relationship to other wine measures.

2

In France, a unit of liquid capacity corresponding to a barrel in which wine was shipped.

3

In the Straits Settlements, a measure of capacity = 126 imperial gallons (about 572.8 liters or 151.3 U.S. gallons). This unit arose from retaining the number of gallons during the conversion to imperial measure, replacing wine gallon with imperial gallon, gallon for gallon.

Guillame reported that in Gibraltar, the value of the pipe was 105 - 126 imperial gallons. It was probably either and nothing between: 105 if, following the act establishing imperial measure, one preserved the capacity as nearly as possible by adjusting the count; 126 if one kept the count and replaced wine gallons with the larger imperial gallon.

4

Besides the standard pipe, certain barrels of other sizes were called pipes:

	Mid 19^th century, most according to Waterston	20^th century
cider	100-118 imperial gallons
port	115 imperial gallons	115-117 imp. gal.; 522-535 liters
sherry	108 imperial gallons
wine, Lisbon	117 imperial gallons	117 imp. gal.; 530 liters
wine, Cape	92 imperial gallons
madeira	92 imperial gallons	92 imp. gal.; 418 liters
wine, Teneriffe	100 imperial gallons	100 imp. gal.; 455 liters

5

In Norway, a unit of liquid capacity for wine, = 2 oksehoder = 12 anker, about 463 liters.