Pipe

Pipe, a measure of quantity commonly employed in Portugal, Spain, France, England, and in some other countries, used almost exclusively for wine and oil. In England it is also called a butt, and is equal to two hogsheads. But the capacity varies with the locality as well as with the description of wine the cask contains: a pipe of port is 137 imperial gallons; of sherry, 130 imperial gallons; that of Madeira, 110 imperial gallons; while the common English pipe contains 126 wine gallons, or nearly 105 imperial gallons.