Found 2 items, similar to Kilderkin.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: kilderkin
kilderkin
n : an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial
gallons
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Kilderkin
Kilderkin
\Kil"der*kin\, n. [OD. kindeken, kinneken, a small
barrel, orig., a little child, fr. kind child; akin to G.
kind, and to E. kin.]
A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen
English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United
States measure. [Written also
kinderkin.]
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