Gill (unit) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The gill (pronounced like the girl's name Jill) is a unit for measuring volume. It is equal to a quarter of a pint. People do not use it much now apart from old spirit measures in the United Kingdom: usually a fifth or a sixth of a gill.[source?].
1 imperial gill | = 5 imperial fluid ounces (fl. oz.) |
= 142.0653125 millilitres (ml) (exactly) | |
≈ 142 ml | |
≈ 1.20 U.S. gills | |
1 U.S. gill | = 4 U.S. fl. oz. |
= 118.2941183 ml (exactly) | |
≈ 118 ml | |
≈ 0.83 imperial gills |