chopine

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.
 * 2)  A type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Noun

 * 1)  a French pre-metric measure of capacity equal to half a pinte that was equivalent to 0.476 liters. Under the monarchy the measure varied from region to region, with the Parisian chopine being equivalent to 0.465 liters. 1 pinte ("quart") = 2 s ("pints") = 4 demiards ("half-pints")
 * 2)  a French metric chopine (or metric "pint") equal to 0.250 liters
 * 3)  a French Canadian term for an imperial pint, equal to one eighth of an Imperial gallon, 20 Imperial ounces, or 0.568 liters
 * 4)  an amount of wine equivalent to 0.25 liters

Noun

 * 1)   type of platform shoe