a wine bottle holding the equivalent of sixteen normal bottles (approximately 12 litres)
Word Origin
C20: named after Balthazar (Belshazzar) from his drinking wine at a great feast (Daniel 5:1)
Balthazar2
/ˈbælθəˌzɑː; bælˈθæzə/
noun
1.
(in Christian tradition) one of the Magi, the others being Caspar and Melchior
Word Origin and History for Balthazar
masc. proper name, from French, from Latin, from Greek Baltasar, from Hebrew Belteshatztzar (Dan. x:1), from Babylonian Balat-shar-usur, literally "save the life of the king."