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unbarrelling

unbarrelling is the present participle and gerund of unbarrel.

Meaning of unbarrel

Verb

unbarrel (third-person singular simple present unbarrels, present participle (US) unbarreling or (UK) unbarrelling, simple past and past participle (US) unbarreled or (UK) unbarrelled)

  1. (transitive) To unpack from a barrel or barrels.
    • The remainder of the men were employed in unbarreling our Pork and stringing it on poles for convenience of carriage, and carrying our Batteaux from the river to the pond.1867, Simeon Thayer, Edwin Martin Stone, The Invasion of Canada in 1775, page 6

Questions about unbarrelling

What is unbarrelling the present participle and gerund of?
Unbarrelling is the present participle and gerund of unbarrel.

Words near unbarrelling in the dictionary

  1. unbarred
  2. unbarrel
  3. unbarreled
  4. unbarreling
  5. unbarrelled
  6. unbarrelling
  7. unbarrels
  8. unbarren
  9. unbarreth
  10. unbarricade
  11. unbarricaded

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