barrel
noun
[ ˈbar(ə)l ]
• a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them.
• "the wine is then matured in old barrels"
Similar:
cask,
keg,
butt,
vat,
tun,
tub,
drum,
tank,
firkin,
hogshead,
kilderkin,
pin,
pipe,
barrique,
solera,
puncheon,
tierce,
• a tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen.
• "a gun barrel"
• the belly and loins of a four-legged animal such as a horse.
• "a Welsh mountain pony with a barrel like a butt of wine"
barrel
verb
• drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control.
• "we barrelled across the Everglades"
• put into a barrel or barrels.
• "when the young spirit is barrelled, it absorbs some of this flavour"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French baril, from medieval Latin barriclus ‘small cask’.
