Barrell
name, noun
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Obsolete form of barrel. alt-of, obsolete
"And ſhe ſaid, As the Lord thy God liueth, I haue not a cake, but an handfull of meale in a barrell, and a little oyle in a cruſe: […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"And ſhe ſaid, As the Lord thy God liueth, I haue not a cake, but an handfull of meale in a barrell, and a little oyle in a cruſe: […]"
Etymology
Various origins: * Metonymic occupational surname for a cooper or a nickname for an obese man or an immoderate drinker, from Old French baril (“barrel”). * Habitational surname from Barwell, in Leicestershire, from Old English bār (“boar”) + wielle (“well, spring”).
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