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The quarter (lit. "one-fourth") is used as the name of several distinct English units based on ¼ sizes of some base unit.
The pipe was a measure of liquid volume equalling two hogsheads. This equated to 108 imperial gallons (490 l) for ale or 126 imperial gallons (570 l) for wine (also known as a butt).