Talk:shide

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  • 1918, Paul Van Brunt Jones, The household of a Tudor nobleman, page 89:
    One peck of coals had to suffice each of the great officers of the household, except the Chamberlain, who was allowed a shide and two pecks.

- -sche (discuss) 22:46, 23 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Ronald Edward Zupko's A Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles has several more citations of the measure used in statues, if additional citations are needed. - -sche (discuss) 17:41, 25 January 2020 (UTC)Reply