Winchester quart

English

Noun

Winchester quart (plural Winchester quarts)

  1. (Britain) a unit of volume equal to half a Winchester gallon,[1] equal to two quarts, or 2.273 litres.
  2. (Britain) a bottle of that size used in laboratories, commonly holding 2.5 litres.

References
  1. Weights and Measures of the City of Winchester (retrieved 25 September 2007)
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