■ noun
1》 a unit of liquid capacity equal to a ~er of a gallon or two pints, equivalent in Britain to approximately 1.13 litres and in the US to approximately 0.94 litre.
↘ N. Amer. a unit of dry capacity equivalent to approximately 1.10 litres.
2》 kα:t (also ~e or carte ) Fencing the fourth of eight parrying positions.
3》 (in piquet) a sequence of four cards of the same suit.
Origin
ME: from OFr. ~e , from L. ~a (pars) 'fourth (part)', from ~us 'fourth'.