Deal was an archaic UK and US unit of volume used to measure wood. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a deal originally referred to a wooden board between 12 and 14 feet long that was traded as a maritime commodity.
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Definition
Deal (UK) is equal to 7 ft × 6 ft × 5/2 in.
Deal (US) is equal to 12 ft × 11 in × 3/2 in.
Whole deal is equal to 12 × 11 in × 5/8 in.
Split deal is equal to 12 ft × 8 ft × 16 in.
Conversion
1 Deal (UK) ≡ 8.75 cubic foot
1 Deal (UK)≡ 0.24777240768 m3
1 Deal (US) ≡ 1.375 cubic foot. (Note: This disagees with the value stated above, which amounts to 16.5 cu. ft.)
1 Deal (US)≡ 0.0389356640640 m3
1 Whole deal ≡ 55/96 cubic foot (note: The value above gives 55/8 = 6.875 cu. ft)
1 whole deal≡ 0.01622319336 m3 1 Split deal ≡ 128 cubic foot
1 Split deal ≡ 3.624556363776 m3