Seam (unit)

Last updated May 18, 2025

A seam is an obsolete unit of volume or mass in the United Kingdom

The Oxford English Dictionary ^[1] includes definitions of a seam as:

6–8 imperial pecks (55–73 L) of sand
9 imperial pecks (82 L) of apples
8 imperial bushels (290 L) of grain
120 pounds (54 kg) of glass (or 100 pounds (45 kg) in the 14th century)
a cart-load, sometimes of a specified amount such as 2 hundredweight (100 kg) of straw or 3 hundredweight (150 kg) of hay or manure.

Cardarelli asserts that it was equal to 64 imperial gallons (290 L).^[2]

References

↑ "Seam, n.2 (1b and 2)". Oxford English Dictionary . Retrieved 26 February 2015.
↑ Cardarelli, François (2003). Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures . London: Springer. pp. 34. ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.

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[1] "Seam, n.2 (1b and 2)". Oxford English Dictionary . Retrieved 26 February 2015.

[:0-2] Cardarelli, François (2003). Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures . London: Springer. pp. 34. ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.

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