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Kilderkin
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small barrel.
- 2 an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons wordnet
- 3 An old English liquid measure, usually being half a barrel; containing 18 English beer gallons, or 83.178 L.
"1882: 23 Hen. VIII, cap. 4... The barrel of beer is to hold 36 gallons, the kilderkin 18 gallons the firkin 9. But the barrel, kilderkin, and firkin of ale are to contain 32, 16, and 8 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 205."
Etymology
Late Middle English, from Middle Dutch kinderkin, a variant of kinerkijn, itself a diminutive of kintal. See quintal.
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