vierteln.
In Germany and Austria, a quarter of a litre (of wine, etc.); a glass or jug holding this quantity.
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1967 ‘G. Carr’ Lewker in Tirol vi. 84 The actor-manager..agreed that it might be unwise to eat meat after his recent upheaval and would take soup with a little bread and perhaps a viertel of red wine.
1979 A. Scholefield Point of Honour 133 ‘A viertel of white.’ I took the flask and glass to a table.
1985 M. Hartland Seven Steps to Treason xiv. 115 They lunched on mushrooms fried in breadcrumbs and a Viertel of Kremser white wine each.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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