boccale means A unit of volume formerly used in Italy, varying by region.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian boccale. Doublet of bocal and pokal.
noun
- A unit of volume formerly used in Italy, varying by region.“Proceeding to the small commercial liquid-measures devised to meet convenience in the retail sale of liquids, ale, beer, wine, oil, and honey, there is a marked accordance among the whole of the quarts, pots, mass, and crushka of Northern Europe, and the boccale and bozze of Southern Europe; […]”