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kilderkins

kilderkins is the plural of kilderkin.

Meaning of kilderkin

Noun

kilderkin (plural kilderkins)

  1. A small barrel.
  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.

Questions about kilderkins

What is kilderkins the plural of?
Kilderkins is the plural of kilderkin.

Words near kilderkins in the dictionary

  1. kildee
  2. kildeer
  3. kildeers
  4. kildees
  5. kilderkin
  6. kilderkins
  7. Kildin Sami
  8. Kildonan
  9. Kildow
  10. Kildows
  11. Kildrum

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