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rundlets

rundlets is the plural of rundlet.

Meaning of rundlet

Noun (1)

rundlet (plural rundlets)

  1. A small cask of no certain dimensions, which may contain from 3 to 20 gallons.
  2. Such a cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure for liquids, especially wine, usually 18.5 gallons.
    • Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, page 205

Noun (2)

rundlet (plural rundlets)

  1. (obsolete) A partial or secondary umbel.
    • Rundlets roundish, with many equal, bristle-shaped spokes.1818, William Withering, An Arrangement of British Plants, page 205

Questions about rundlets

What is rundlets the plural of?
Rundlets is the plural of rundlet.

Words near rundlets in the dictionary

  1. Rundkvist
  2. rundle
  3. rundled
  4. rundles
  5. rundlet
  6. rundlets
  7. rundown
  8. rundowns
  9. Rundquist
  10. Rundquists
  11. Rundqvist

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