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 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

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