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Webster 1913 Edition
Kilderkin
Kil′der-kin
,Noun.
[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
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Kilderkin
KIL'DERKIN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
kilderkin
kilderkin
English
Alternative forms
- kinderkin
Noun
kilderkin (plural kilderkins)
- A small barrel.
- An old English liquid measure, usually being half a barrel; containing 18 English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.
- 1882: 23 Hen. VIII, cap. 4... The barrel of beer is to hold 36 gallons, the kilderkin 18 gallons the firkin 9. But the barrel, kilderkin, and firkin of ale are to contain 32, 16, and 8 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 205.