Cran


Cran :

A traditional unit of volume formerly used by fishermen. The cran, originally intended to represent the volume of fish held by a barrel, was standardized at 37.5 Imperial gallons, or about 170.46 liters. This is somewhat larger than the usual Imperial barrel. In modern times, the cran is also used somewhat informally to mean a volume of fish weighing about a hundredweight (112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms). The name of the unit is an old Gaelic word meaning a quantity or measure of something

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