kilderkin
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallonsType of British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unitParts firkin
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Kil′der·kin noun
Origin: OD. kindeken, kinneken, a small barrel, orig., a little child, fr. kind child; akin to G. kind, and to E. kin.
A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure. [Written also kinderkin.]
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54