单词 | kilderkin |
释义 | kilderkin/ˈkɪldəkɪn /noun 1A cask for liquids or other substances, holding 16 or 18 gallons.If you take a barrel to be two kilderkins and a kilderkin to be two firkins (which are themselves, of course, nine gallons), then the saving works out at about 14p per pint....
1.1A unit of measurement equivalent to the contents of a kilderkin.A kilderkin is an old English liquid measure, dating from about the 13th century, equal to 16 (old and ill-defined) gallons, or half a barrel. OriginLate Middle English: from Middle Dutch kinderkin, variant of kinerkijn, diminutive of kintal (see quintal). |
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