hogshead

n. barrel, large cask for holding liquids

A hogshead is a large cask of liquid (less often, of a food commodity). More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in Imperial units, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages such as wine, ale, or cider. A tobacco hogshead was used in (American) colonial times to transport and store tobacco. It was a very large wooden barrel. A standardized hogshead measured 48 inches long and 30 inches in diameter at the head. Fully packed with tobacco, it weighed about 1000 pounds. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) notes that the hogshead was first standardized by an act of Parliament in 1423, though the standards continued to vary by locality and content. For example, the OED cites an 1897 edition of Whitaker's Almanack, which specified the number of gallons of wine in a hogshead varying by type of wine: claret 46 gallons,  port 57, sherry 54; and Madeira 46. The American Heritage Dictionary claims that a hogshead can consist of anything from 62.5 to 140 (presumably U.S.) gallons.
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Noun
1. a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
(hypernym) British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit
(part-meronym) barrel, bbl
2. a large cask especially one holding 63 gals
(hypernym) barrel, cask

(n.)
An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52/ imperial gallons; a half pipe.
  

(n.)
A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; esp. one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
  

n.
1. a cask
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2. a measure
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