unbarrel

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ barrel.

Verb

unbarrel (third-person singular simple present unbarrels, present participle unbarreling or unbarrelling, simple past and past participle unbarreled or unbarrelled)

1. (transitive) To unpack from a barrel or barrels.
   • 1867, Simeon Thayer, Edwin Martin Stone, The Invasion of Canada in 1775, page 6:

     The remainder of the men were employed in unbarreling our Pork and stringing it on poles for convenience of carriage, and carrying our Batteaux from the river to the pond.