hogshead
/ˈhɔɡzˌhɛd/
noun
- A large barrel or cask used for storing liquids, especially wine, beer, or cider.
- The winery aged its finest red wine in an old oak hogshead.
- They rolled the hogshead of ale into the cellar for the festival.
- A single hogshead can hold about 63 gallons of liquid.
- A unit of volume equal to about 63 gallons (238 liters), used for measuring liquids.
- The recipe called for a hogshead of water to fill the brewing vat.
- The merchant ordered three hogsheads of rum from the Caribbean.
- In colonial times, a hogshead of molasses was a common trade item.