boccale

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noun

A unit of volume formerly used in Italy, varying by region.

OriginItalian boccale →
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Meanings

nounboccale (plural boccales or boccali)

plural boccales · plural boccali

  1. historicalA 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, →ISBN, page 146

Origin

  1. Italianboccale
  2. Englishboccale

Borrowed from Italian boccale. Doublet of bocal and pokal.

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APA

boccale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boccale

MLA

“boccale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boccale. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boccale,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boccale.

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