hogshead
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- noun
- /ˈhɔɡzˌhɛd/
- Archaic
:
barril
- Each hogshead of wine holds about 238 liters, enough for a large gathering.
- hogsheads of wine
- hogsheads of tobacco
- hogshead of sugar
Examples
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To alleviate the effects of the strike, the Admiralty supplied the Master Coopers with 50 butts and 200 hogsheads from His Majesty's Victualling Office in Deptford at a cost of
Blog text (20) -
The distillery produced several hogsheads of whiskey for aging this year.
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Of course, it is the way that a hogshead of beer is changed by the addition of a shot of whiskey.
Blog text (14) -
There is a finite amount these hogsheads will hold, you know.
Fiction book (2002) -
Hogsheads of ale were delivered by wagon and carted down to the castle cellars, bags of fine
Fiction book (1991) -
Then Elizabeth Drinker, a Friend, found out that the commissary had left seven hundred hogsheads of rum, ten of brandy, twenty of molasses, thirty-eight packages of medicines, and twelve thousand bushels of salt.
Fiction book (1994) -
The brewery filled a hogshead with their finest lager for the festival.
Synonyms
A very large wooden barrel used to store liquids like wine
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Etymology
The word hogshead comes from the old parts hog and head, meaning 'pig' and 'head'. One popular story says barrels were once marked with a pig's head, so hogshead became the name for a very large barrel and for the amount it holds.