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kilderkin
n. obsolete British measure of capacity of approximately 18 gallons; cask holding a kilderkin

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Kilderkin
The kilderkin is an old English unit of volume equal to half a barrel or two firkins. It was used as standard size for brewery casks. The word kilderkin comes from Dutch for a small cask. The kilderkin has historically been in the general range of 16 to 18 gallons. Based on the current imperial barrel of 36 gallons the following conversions are possible.

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kilderkin
Noun
1. an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons
(hypernym) British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit
(part-meronym) firkin


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Kilderkin
(n.)
A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.
  

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