Barrel
Definition of Barrel
Bar´rel Pronunciation: băr´rĕl | n. | 1. | A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads; as, a cracker barrel. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum. | | 2. | The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31½ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds. | | 3. | A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled. | | 4. | A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged. | | 5. | A jar. | | 6. | (Zool.) The hollow basal part of a feather.| Barrel vault | | See under Vault. |
| | v. t. | 1. | To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels. |
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