kilderkin

n. 小桶或其液量

词形变化

kilderkins 复数 kilderkins

别名

kinkin kinderkin

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small barrel.

  2. 2.

    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.

词汇关系

名词

部分词 1

firkin

词源

Late Middle English, from Middle Dutch kinderkin, a variant of kinerkijn, itself a diminutive of kintal. See quintal.

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