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.
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 |
In Lyon, a unit of liquid capacity used for wine, = 88 pots = 88 Parisian pintes, about 81.96 liters.
Doursther page 16.
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