barillet

English

Etymology

French, diminutive of baril (“barrel”).

Noun

barillet (plural barillets)

1. A little cask, or something resembling one, for example of a gun.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “barillet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Etymology

From baril +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

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Noun

barillet m (plural barillets)

1. small barrel
2. cylinder (of a revolver)

Descendants

• → English: barillet

Further reading

• “barillet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.