Medieval Butt Wine Measurement
A "Butt" was a medieval unit of measure for wine. A buttload of wine is about 475 liters or 126 gallons.
An illustrated medieval woman is loading a small wooden barrel onto a large wine cask. The joke is the unexpected literal origin of “buttload,” revealing that a butt was an old unit of wine measurement equal to about 475 liters. It is used as a humorous reaction to an absurdly large amount of something.
- @eternalclassic / 42284 2023-11-23
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- absurd, humorous
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