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What is the weight of 1 coomb of wheat or its volume?

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The term "coomb" of wheat or Rye was used in the U.K. pre World War 2 What is it equivalent to ?

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  1. A Coomb is a measure of volume. Its exact original details are not known. In 13th century England it was defined as 4 bushels. In use in Norfolk until the 1790s or later, as a dry measure.

    Bushel - a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel), and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel).

    A coomb is 4 times the measure above.

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