imperial gallon

American  

noun

1. a British gallon used in liquid and dry measurement equivalent to 1.2 U.S. gallons, or 4.54 liters.

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imperial gallon British  

noun

1. a formal name for gallon

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Etymology

Origin of imperial gallon

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

This increase, together with a simultaneous price hike by the oil companies, drove the retail price of gasoline as high as 92� an imperial gallon.

From Time Magazine Archive

The price received in summer is about fivepence or fivepence-halfpenny per imperial gallon, afterwards retailed in London at about one shilling and eightpence.

From Hodge and His Masters by Jefferies, Richard

The British imperial gallon of four quarts contains 277.274 cub. in.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

According to his experiments an imperial gallon contains— Grs.

From Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Anderson, Thomas