bushel
/ˈbʊʃəl/ · noun
Meaning
- A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel).
- A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
- A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
- A large indefinite quantity.
- The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.
- To mend or repair clothes.
- To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English busshel, from Old French boissel, from boisse, a grain measure based on Gaulish *bostyā (“handful”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”), Old Irish bas), from Proto-Indo-European *gwost-, *gwosdʰ- (“branch”).
- *gwost-(ine-pro)→
- bas(Old Irish)→
- boz(Breton)→
- *bostā(cel-pro)→
- *bostyā(cel-gau)→
- boissel(Old French)→
- busshel(Middle English)→
- bushel (English)
- Relations: inh, der, der, der, cog, cog, der
Related words
Descendant words
- buŝelo(Esperanto) (der)
- busheli(Finnish) (bor)
- bucio(Galician) (cog)
- ブッシェル(Japanese) (bor)
- bușel(Romanian) (bor)
- бушель(Russian) (bor)
- bušel(Serbo-Croatian) (bor)
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