kiloliter

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

KIL'OLITER, noun [Gr. a thousand, and a Greek measure. See Liter.] In the new French measures, a thousand liters; or 264 gallons and 44, 231 cubic inches. According to Lunier, it is nearly equal to a ton of wine of Bourdeaux.
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