Definition of "quarter-cask" []

• A small cask holding 28 gallons or thereabouts. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Fields was asking the price of a quarter-cask of sherry the other day."
• "As to wine, he already had a tolerable stock; but he increased it by half a hogshead of the best canary he could procure; two casks of malmsey, each containing twelve gallons; a quarter-cask of Malaga sack;"
• "About a year before this melancholy event, a quarter-cask of wine had been duly ordered from the south side of the island of Madeira, which was, at the death of Manual, toiling its weary way up the rapids of the"