ánée, asnée

In the Lyonnais and Mâconnais regions of France, various units of capacity. In many localities it was called the asnée. In original concept, the load of an ass.

1

A unit of dry capacity for grains.

Locality Equivalents and comments Capacity
in liters
Belleville asnée,= 17 mesures = 1½ anée of Lyon 255.76
Lyon ánée = 6 bichets = 24 coupes = 96 picotins 191.82
Mâcon asnée, = 20 mesures 255.75
Marnand asnée 214.83
Montmerle asnée, = 17 mesures 255.76

2

In Lyon, a unit of liquid capacity used for wine, = 88 pots = 88 Parisian pintes, about 81.96 liters. opens a new page containing a chart that shows relationships between this unit and other units in its system

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