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the unit that measures apples by volume and your harvest by ambition
means A bushel is a unit of dry volume — about 35 liters, or eight gallons — used to measure produce like grain, apples, or corn.
from From Old French 'boissel,' a measure for grain, which goes back to the medieval Latin 'bustellus,' a diminutive likely tied to 'buttis' (a cask or container) — itself possibly Gaulish in origin. So the word literally carries the sense of 'a little vessel,' the box that held the standard heap. The Bible's 'hide your light under a bushel' is the same word doing the same job: a basket big enough to smother a candle.
- exact volume
- about 35.2 liters of dry goods
- medieval root
- derives from old french meaning small box
- weight varies
- a bushel of corn beats a bushel of oats
- biblical cameo
- hide your light under one, says Matthew
- corn standard
- a bushel of shelled corn weighs 56 pounds
us standard bushel — official unit of dry measure in the united states: 2150.42 cubic inches, established by the weights and measures act
imperial bushel — british and commonwealth standard: 2219.36 cubic inches, defined in 1824 weights and measures act
winchester bushel — historical english grain measure used at winchester market from medieval times through 19th century