!!!Eimer Eimer (pail), a vessel with a handle. Until the 19%%sup th/% century leather pails or buckets were used as fire buckets. In Austria, a pail - Eimer - as a measure of capacity contained 56.6 (also 58 or 60.1) litres; it was used as a standard measure for wine. In the 16%%sup th/% century, one Eimer of wine contained 32 achterings, an achtering being approximately 1/8 litre (later it contained 35 or 38 achterings). %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Eimer|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]