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light barrel

light barrel noun: an empty powder barrel pierced with holes and filled with shavings soaked in pitch, used to light up a ditch or a breach.

Noun

light barrel (plural light barrels)

  1. (historical) An empty powder barrel pierced with holes and filled with shavings soaked in pitch, used to light up a ditch or a breach.

Forms of light barrel

plurallight barrels

Questions about light barrel

What does light barrel mean?
Light barrel means an empty powder barrel pierced with holes and filled with shavings soaked in pitch, used to light up a ditch or a breach.
What part of speech is light barrel?
Light barrel is a noun.
What is the plural of light barrel?
The plural of light barrel is light barrels.

Words near light barrel in the dictionary

  1. light as a feather
  2. light as a feather, stiff as a board
  3. light at the end of the tunnel
  4. light ball
  5. light balls
  6. light barrel
  7. light barrels
  8. light barrier
  9. light bill
  10. light bills
  11. light blue

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