In Italy, ? – 19ᵗʰ century, a unit of liquid capacity, varying by locality, in the range 0.6 to 2.1 liters. Also spelled bocale. Plural, boccali.
Locality | Definition | Size in liters |
---|---|---|
Alessandria della paglia (in Piedmont) |
0.685 | |
Ancona | = ¹⁄₂₄ barile | 1.79 |
Belluno | = ¹⁄₄₀ mastello | 1.868 |
Bologna | = ¹⁄₆₀ corba | 1.230 |
Brescia | 0.689 | |
Corsica | = ¹⁄₁₀₈ barile | 1.296 |
Ferrari | = ¹⁄₄₀ mastello | 1.385 |
Florence | = ½ fiasco of wine ![]() |
1.139 |
= ½ fiasco of oil ![]() |
1.045 | |
Livorno | for wine, = ½ fiasco | 1.139 |
for oil, = ½ fiasco | 1.045 | |
Milan | 0.787 | |
Modena | = ¹⁄₄₀ barile | 1.041 |
Rome | for wine, = ¹⁄₃₂ barile | 1.823 |
for oil, = ¹⁄₂₈ barile | 2.053 | |
Treviso | rural, = ¹⁄₃ conzo | 2.167 |
urban, = ¹⁄₄₈ conzo | 1.625 | |
Trieste | = ¹⁄₄₀ orna | 1.415 |
(older measure) = ¹⁄₃₆ orna or barile |
1.824 | |
Turin | 0.685 | |
Udine | = ¹⁄₆₄ conzo | 1.239 |
Venice | = ¹⁄₆₄ mastello ![]() |
1.012 |
In Fiume, Croatia, a unit of liquid capacity, = ¹⁄₃₂ orna, about 1.684 liters.
In the Swiss canton of Ticino, a unit of liquid capacity, about 0.671 liters.
In Greece,
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