How to pronounce gill

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What gill means

noun

Most people know gill in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

A liquid measure equal to a quarter of a pint

In a sentence: The old recipe called for one gill of cream, which is half a cup.

Where it comes from: This gill comes from an old French word for a wine measure, which came from a Latin word for a clay jar. The fish gill is a separate word.

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