Winchester quart

English

Noun

Winchester quart (plural Winchester quarts)

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

References

↑ Weights and Measures of the City of Winchester (retrieved 25 September 2007)

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