half-bushel

[ haf-boosh-uhl, hahf- ]

noun

1. a unit of dry measure equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters).

Example Sentences

While down in this situation, Mr. Covey took up the hickory slat with which Hughes had been striking off the half-bushel measure, and with it gave me a heavy blow upon the head, making a large wound, and the blood ran freely; and with this again told me to get up.

From Literature

“Whereas usually on the holidays, people would buy bushels or a half-bushel because they’d have a Thanksgiving party or they’d have a Christmas party . . . and having raw oysters would be part of their appetizers.”

From Washington Post

In addition to crabs by the dozen or half-bushel, the truck sells crab cakes, broiled scallops, hush puppies and fried pickles.

From Washington Post

The grains of wheat poured out of the separator into a half-bushel measure, and as fast as the measure filled, the man slipped an empty one into its place and emptied the full one into a sack.

From Literature

However, there is limited shelving, most of the food items are displayed on folding tables and the non-refrigerated produce section was limited last week to a half-bushel of potatoes, a small basket of garlic and a single butternut squash.

From Washington Times