Definition of Barril
Bar"rel (băr"r&ebreve;l), n. [OE.
barel, F. baril, prob. fr. barre bar. Cf.
Barricade.] 1. A round vessel or cask, of
greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves
bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.
2. The quantity which constitutes a full barrel.
This varies for different articles and also in different places for the
same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is
31½ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.
3. A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as,
the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which
the spring is coiled.
4. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a
projectile is discharged. Knight.
5. A jar. [Obs.] 1 Kings xvii.
12.
6. (Zoöl.) The hollow basal part of a
feather.
Barrel bulk (Com.), a measure equal to five
cubic feet, used in estimating capacity, as of a vessel for freight. -
- Barrel drain (Arch.), a drain in the form of
a cylindrical tube. -- Barrel of a boiler, the
cylindrical part of a boiler, containing the flues. -- Barrel
of the ear (Anat.), the tympanum, or tympanic
cavity. -- Barrel organ, an instrument for
producing music by the action of a revolving cylinder. --
Barrel vault. See under Vault.
Bar"rel (băr"r&ebreve;l), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Barreled (-r&ebreve;ld), or
Barrelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Barreling, or
Barrelling.] To put or to pack in a barrel or
barrels.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (countable) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
a cracker barrel
- The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 36 gallons; of ale 32 gallons.
Quotations
*1882: Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 205.
*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.
- A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case;
the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
- A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
- A jar. 1 Kings xvii. 12.
- (Zoöl.) The hollow basal part of a feather.
- (idiomatic, surfing terminology) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment. A tube .
- to move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner
He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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