[a. F. kilolitre (1798): see KILO- and LITRE.] In the Metric system, a measure of capacity containing 1000 litres.
1810. Naval Chron., XXIV. 301. Killolittre, Metercube.
1828. Webster, Kiloliter.
1871. C. Davies, Metric Syst., 14. The kilolitre, or stere, is the cube constructed on the metre as an edge. Hence, the litre is one-thousandth part of the kilolitre.
