half-bushel

American  

[haf-boosh-uhl, hahf-] / ˈhæfˈbʊʃ əl, ˈhɑf- /

noun

1. a unit of dry measure equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters).

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Example Sentences

“Whereas usually on the holidays, people would buy bushels or a half-bushel because they’d have a Thanksgiving party or they’d have a Christmas party . . . and having raw oysters would be part of their appetizers.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2021

To every four gallons of boiled cider allow a half-bushel of nice, juicy apples, pared, cored, and quartered.

From The Apple by Various

I pick by hand in half-bushel baskets, sell at wholesale, and the buyer sorts to suit himself.

From The Apple by Various

I pick by hand in half-bushel baskets; sort into two classes, market and cider; pack into barrels, and usually sell in the orchard at wholesale.

From The Apple by Various

If money bore the same relation to trade as a yard-stick or half-bushel, you would have the same money when you got through trading as you had when you begun.

From Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs by Ingersoll, Robert Green