A traditional Latvian unit of volume equal to about 10.93 liters (2.40 British Imperial gallons or 2.89 U.S. liquid gallons). A similar Estonian unit, the külimet, equals about 11.48 liters (2.53 British Imperial gallons or 3.03 U.S. liquid gallons)
Russ Rowlett (Director), How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement, Center for Mathematics and Science Education University of North Carolina, USA 2005. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictA.html, (Unit of Meas and Covr Factors - Amer) {608}