rundlet

English

cask sizes

Alternative forms

• runlet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌndlət/

Noun

rundlet (plural rundlets)

1. A small cask of no certain dimensions, which may contain from 3 to 20 gallons.

   Hypernyms: cask; barrel (broad sense)

2. Such a cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure for liquids, especially wine, usually 18.5 gallons.

   Hypernym: cask

   Coordinate terms: (in order of increasing volume) barrel (strict sense); tierce; hogshead; puncheon, tertian; pipe, butt; tun

   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, page 205:

     Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.

Anagrams

• trundle