Measure of liquid employed in France but familiar in England = 270 litres, i.e. c.59 gallons or 475 pints. When used of grain it represented a *quarter, i.e. eight bushels. In the *Constitutio Domus Regis the bakers, given a muid of corn, were required to produce 40 superior simnels, 140 salt simnels and 260 loaves. -
Cf. Simnel
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Christopher Coredon with Ann Williams.