Keelfat

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cooler; a vat in which liquor or wort is set for cooling.

Etymology

From keel (“to cool”) + fat (“tub, vat”). Cognate with Dutch koelvat (“cooler, keelfat”).

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