mean ing ▁" foot ") ▁could ▁refer ▁to ▁a ▁foot ▁or ▁to ▁a ▁square ▁foot . ▁The ▁exact ▁size ▁of ▁a ▁voet ▁dep ended ▁on ▁the ▁length ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁voet , ▁which ▁changed ▁from ▁region ▁to ▁region . ▁The ▁most ▁commonly ▁used ▁voet ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁was ▁the ▁R ijn land ▁foot . ▁ ▁Volume ▁ ▁The ▁Dutch ▁measures ▁of ▁volume , ▁as ▁with ▁all ▁other ▁measures , ▁varied ▁from ▁local ity ▁to ▁local ity . ▁The ▁modern ▁day ▁equival ents ▁are ▁therefore ▁only ▁approximate ▁and ▁equ ating ▁lit res ▁with ▁qu arts ▁will ▁not ▁und uly ▁dist ort ▁the ▁results ▁( 1 ▁lit re ▁= ▁ 1 . 1 3 6 ▁US ▁qu arts ▁= ▁ 0 . 8 8 0 ▁UK ▁qu arts ) ▁ ▁Ok sh o of d ok sh o of d ▁( ox head ) ▁– ▁ 6 ▁an k ers ▁= ▁ 2 3 2 ▁lit res ▁ ▁A ▁ok sh o of d ▁( ear lier ▁sp elling : ▁ox ho of d ) ▁was ▁a ▁measurement ▁of ▁volume ▁representing ▁the ▁volume ▁held ▁by ▁a ▁large ▁bar rel ▁of ▁wine . ▁The ▁measurement ▁was ▁also ▁used ▁for ▁vin eg ar , ▁to b acco ▁and ▁sugar . ▁The ▁measurement ▁is ▁still ▁used ▁by ▁business es ▁in ▁the ▁wine ▁and ▁spirits ▁trade . ▁There ▁were ▁six ▁an k ers ▁in ▁an ▁ok sh o of d . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁saying ▁in ▁Dutch : ▁" You ▁can ' t ▁draw ▁clean ▁wine ▁from ▁an