noun
Meaning 1
A small barrel.
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kilderkin
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noun
Meaning 2
An old English liquid measure, usually being half a barrel; containing 18 English beer gallons, or 83.178 L.
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Examples
- 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.
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noun
Meaning 3
an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit
History
Etymology
Late Middle English, from Middle Dutch kinderkin, a variant of kinerkijn, itself a diminutive of kintal. See quintal.