Capacities of wine casks were formerly measured and standardised according to a specific system of English units . The various units were historically defined in terms of the wine gallon so varied according to the definition of the gallon until the adoption of the Queen Anne wine gallon in 1707. In the United Kingdom and its colonies the units were redefined with the introduction of the imperial system whilst the Queen Anne wine gallon was adopted as the standard US liquid gallon .
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48-407: A barrique of 220 L (48 imp gal; 58 US gal) (Bordeaux), a barrel of 225 L (49 imp gal; 59 US gal) (Australia), a barrel of 230 L (51 imp gal; 61 US gal) (Burgundy) and a puncheon of 465 L (102 imp gal; 123 US gal) The tun ( Old English : tunne , Latin : tunellus , Middle Latin : tunna )
72-451: A punch to denote its contents. The unit was also known as a tertian (from the Latin word for "third"). Of comparable size to the beer hogshead , the wine hogshead was equal to half a butt or a quarter of a tun. Closely related to the modern oil barrel , the tierce was half a puncheon, a third of a butt or a sixth of a tun. The wine barrel was half a wine hogshead or an eighth of
96-516: A short ton (2000 pounds) and a long ton (2240 pounds). The tun is approximately the volume of a cylinder with both diameter and height of 42 inches, as the gallon was originally a cylinder with diameter of 7 inches and height of 6. The Queen Anne wine gallon of 231 cubic inches was adopted in 1707 and still serves as the definition of the US gallon. A US tun is then the volume or of a rectangular cuboid with dimensions 36 by 38.5 by 42 inches. When
120-547: A Belgian automobile manufacturer Places [ edit ] Pipe, Wisconsin , United States Pipe , the Hungarian name for Pipea village, Nadeș Commune, Mureș County, Romania People [ edit ] Jules Pipe CBE, Mayor of the London Borough of Hackney, UK Pipes (surname) Other uses [ edit ] Vertical bar , sometimes called "pipe", the character | Pipe (letter) ,
144-598: A cake) Postpipe , archaeological remains of a timber in a posthole All pages with titles beginning with Pipe All pages with titles containing Pipe Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pipe . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pipe&oldid=1244611605 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
168-642: A class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reeds Pipes and drums or pipe bands, composed of musicians who play the Scottish and Irish bagpipes Organ pipe , one of the tuned resonators that produces the main sound of a pipe organ Pan pipes, see Pan flute , an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the stopped pipe Piped music , or elevator music, a type of background music "Pipe", by Christie Front Drive from Christie Front Drive , 1994 Computing [ edit ] Pipeline (Unix) Anonymous pipe and named pipe ,
192-421: A hollow cylinder following certain dimension rules Piping , the use of pipes in industry Smoking pipe Tobacco pipe Half-pipe and quarter pipe , semi-circular ramps for performing skateboarding/snowboarding tricks Piping (sewing) , tubular ornamental fabric sewn around the edge of a garment For the musical instruments , see below Music [ edit ] Pipe (instrument) ,
216-568: A one-way communication channel used for inter-process communication "PHY Interface for PCI Express" (PIPE), the name of a specification for the PCI Express physical layer Yahoo! Pipes sspipes.scr, a screensaver for Microsoft Windows PIPE Networks , an Australian company primarily involved in setting up peering exchanges Technology [ edit ] Pipe (casting) , a type of metal-casting defect Boatswain's pipe , an instrument used for signalling or to issue commands on
240-466: A pipe of that wonderful Madeira , which you know I consider the chief grace of my cellars, and he gave up a canal navigation bill, which would have enriched his whole county, when he knew that it would injure my property." The puncheon was a third of a tun. The term puncheon , shortened to pon in the United States, is thought to derive from the fact that it would have been marked by use of
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312-450: A traditional perforated wind instrument Bagpipe , a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reeds Pipes and drums or pipe bands, composed of musicians who play the Scottish and Irish bagpipes Organ pipe , one of the tuned resonators that produces the main sound of a pipe organ Pan pipes, see Pan flute , an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the stopped pipe Piped music , or elevator music,
336-409: A tun. The rundlet was a seventh of a butt or a fourteenth of a tun. Originally, the tun was defined as 256 wine gallons. (This was the basis for calling 64 gallons a quarter .) At some time before the 15th century, it was reduced to 252 gallons, so as to be evenly divisible by other small integers, including seven. Note that a 252-gallon tun of wine has a mass of approximately 2060 pounds, between
360-401: A type of background music "Pipe", by Christie Front Drive from Christie Front Drive , 1994 Computing [ edit ] Pipeline (Unix) Anonymous pipe and named pipe , a one-way communication channel used for inter-process communication "PHY Interface for PCI Express" (PIPE), the name of a specification for the PCI Express physical layer Yahoo! Pipes sspipes.scr,
384-484: A warship PIPES , a common buffer used in chemistry and biology laboratory work Pipe (car) , a Belgian automobile manufacturer Places [ edit ] Pipe, Wisconsin , United States Pipe , the Hungarian name for Pipea village, Nadeș Commune, Mureș County, Romania People [ edit ] Jules Pipe CBE, Mayor of the London Borough of Hackney, UK Pipes (surname) Other uses [ edit ] Vertical bar , sometimes called "pipe",
408-433: Is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, oil or honey. It is typically a large vat or vessel, most often holding 252 wine gallons, but occasionally other sizes (e.g. 256, 240 and 208 gallons) were also used. The butt (from the medieval French and Italian botte ) or pipe was half a tun, or 126 imperial gallons (570 L). Tradition has it that George, Duke of Clarence ,
432-440: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pipe For information on the use of "pipe links" on Misplaced Pages, see WP:PIPE . [REDACTED] Look up Pipe , pipe , or pipes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pipe(s) , PIPE(S) or piping may refer to: Objects [ edit ] Pipe (fluid conveyance) ,
456-415: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pipe (unit) The major wine producing countries use barrels extensively and have developed standards at variance with the traditional English volumes that are commonly used in the wine and wine cooperage industries. Examples include a hogshead of 300 L (66 imp gal; 79 US gal),
480-723: The IPA letter for a dental click Pipe (unit) or butt, a cask measurement for wine barrels Volcanic pipe , a deep, narrow cone of solidified magma PIPE deal or private investment in public equity Pipes, a slang term for arm muscles The Pipes , a 1966 Czech film "Pipes", an episode of The Good Doctor Monotropa uniflora , a plant also known as ghost pipe or Indian pipe See also [ edit ] Pipeline (disambiguation) Piper (disambiguation) Pipette , used in chemistry and biology laboratory work Piping bags or pastry bags, in cooking, are used to pipe semi-solid foods onto other foods (e.g., icing on
504-403: The brother of Edward IV of England , was drowned in a butt of malmsey on 18 February 1478. In Edgar Allan Poe 's short story " The Cask of Amontillado ", the narrator claims he has received "a pipe of what passes for Amontillado ". In Edward Bulwer-Lytton 's novel " Paul Clifford ", Lord Mauleverer states to Lawyer William Brandon "Because he sent me, in the handsomest manner possible,
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552-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pipe . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pipe&oldid=1244611605 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
576-410: The use of pipes in industry Smoking pipe Tobacco pipe Half-pipe and quarter pipe , semi-circular ramps for performing skateboarding/snowboarding tricks Piping (sewing) , tubular ornamental fabric sewn around the edge of a garment For the musical instruments , see below Music [ edit ] Pipe (instrument) , a traditional perforated wind instrument Bagpipe ,
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