Bushel

Definitions

1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel).
   historical
2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
4. A large indefinite quantity.
   colloquial
5. The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.
   UK

Equivalents

Examples

“The quarter, bushel, and peck are nearly universal measures of corn.”

“And he sayde unto them: is the candle lighted, to be put⟳ under a busshell, or under the borde: ys it not therfore lighted that it shulde be put⟳ on a candelsticke?”

“a heap containing ten bushels of apples”

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