Dictionary entry

Hectoliter

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Hec″to‐li′ter, Hec″to‐li′tre } (?), n. [F. hectolitre, fr. Gr. � hundred + F. litre a liter.] A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26½ gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten decaliters, or about 2⅚ Winchester bushels.