quarter pipen.1
/ˈkwɔːtə ˌpʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈkwɔrdər ˌpaɪp/ Now historical and rare.
A measure of wine equal to one quarter of a pipe (cf. pipe n.2 2). Also: a cask having a capacity of one quarter of a pipe.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > large for liquor > for wine
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > of wine
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?1763 Hist. Good Town Edinburgh, 1583–1763 15 The Lords..were of Opinion, that the selling of Wine in Cask as it came home, yea though a Quarter-pipe, was Wholesale; and that the selling out in Pints, Mutchkins, &c. was retailing.
1811 Times 29 May 1/5 (advt.) Fine old West India Madeira per pipe 112l., half pipe 57l., quarter pipe 29l.
1879 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 10 Nov. 1/7 (advt.) The finest sherry wine..in..tall pipes, and quarter pipes.
1892 A. D. Vandam Englishman in Paris II. xii. 266 Nor is ordinary wine much dearer than it was in years of great plenty... I am comparing prices for quarter pipes, containing from two hundred and ten to two hundred and thirty litres.
1999 Time (Nexis) 22 Nov. 68 By 1822 he had sufficient confidence in his winemaking skills to submit a quarter-pipe (about 37 gal.) of red wine for assessment.
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quarter pipen.2
/ˈkwɔːtə ˌpʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈkwɔrdər ˌpaɪp/ In Skateboarding and similar sports.
A concave ramp or bank, the steep upward curve of which resembles a quarter of a pipe in cross-section when viewed from the side. Cf. half-pipe n. 2b.
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1978 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 12 Dec. 15/1 The group needs $600 for the purchase of a quarter and half pipe for skateboarding.
1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 July c1 Osborn pedals toward an 8½-foot-high concave ramp, known as a quarter pipe.
1996 Plow Snowboarding Mag. Dec. 74/1 We built a gap jump and shaped a quarter pipe of the backside of the 20–foot snow plow piles.
2002 J. Weyland Answer is Never ix. 120 They built a quarter-pipe in Riverside Park with wood stolen from a West Side Highway construction site.
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