caraffa

1

In the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, ? – 19ᵗʰ century, two units of capacity used for wine:

According to Doursther, the latter unit was used in Naples and the former in the countryside.

Kupffer, page 63.

2

In Tripoli, ? – 19ᵗʰ century, a unit for oil, originally of capacity = ¹⁄₆th of a herbaia, but later of mass by commodity: for oil, about 1.555 kilograms, for pomade, 1.679 kg.

Doursther.

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