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boccales

boccales is the plural of boccale.

Meaning of boccale

Noun

boccale (plural boccales or boccali)

  1. (historical) A unit of volume formerly used in Italy, varying by region.
    • Proceeding to the small commercial liquid-measures devised to meet convenience in the retail sale of liquids, ale, beer, wine, oil, and honey, there is a marked accordance among the whole of the quarts, pots, mass, and crushka of Northern Europe, and the boccale and bozze of Southern Europe; […]2025 July 10, Lowis D'Aguilar Jackson, Modern Metrology. A Manual of the Metrical Units and Systems of the Present Century with an Apendix Containing a Proposed English System, BoD – Books on Demand...

Questions about boccales

What is boccales the plural of?
Boccales is the plural of boccale.

Words near boccales in the dictionary

  1. bocca
  2. Bocca Tigris
  3. Boccaccian
  4. Boccaccio
  5. boccale
  6. boccales
  7. boccali
  8. boccalini
  9. boccalino
  10. boccas
  11. bocce

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