meia pipa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- hogshead noun A large cask used to measure liquid, holding around sixty-three wine gallons, roughly half a pipe.
Senses
meia pipa is used for these senses in English:
- hogshead (Britain) A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+1⁄2 imperial gallons (a half pipe).
hogshead — full definition
- noun A large cask used to measure liquid, holding around sixty-three wine gallons, roughly half a pipe.
- noun A big barrel that can hold varying amounts, often somewhere between a hundred and a hundred and forty gallons.
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