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wash barrel

wash barrel noun: a barrel nearly full of split mackerel, loosely put in, and afterward filled with salt water in order to soak the blood from the fish before salting.

Noun

wash barrel (plural wash barrels)

  1. A barrel nearly full of split mackerel, loosely put in, and afterward filled with salt water in order to soak the blood from the fish before salting.

Forms of wash barrel

pluralwash barrels

Questions about wash barrel

What does wash barrel mean?
Wash barrel means a barrel nearly full of split mackerel, loosely put in, and afterward filled with salt water in order to soak the blood from the fish before salting.
What part of speech is wash barrel?
Wash barrel is a noun.
What is the plural of wash barrel?
The plural of wash barrel is wash barrels.

Words near wash barrel in the dictionary

  1. wash away
  2. wash bag
  3. wash bags
  4. wash ball
  5. wash balls
  6. wash barrel
  7. wash barrels
  8. wash basin
  9. wash basins
  10. wash basket
  11. wash baskets

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