The wine barrel was half a wine hogshead, a quarter of a butt, an eighth of a tun or approximately 118 to 120 litres. The imperial wine barrel was 261⁄4 imperial gallons (119.3348625 litres) and the US wine barrel was 311⁄4 US gallons (118.29411825 litres).
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