"kilderkin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: kilderkins [plural]
Etymology: Late Middle English, from Middle Dutch kinderkin, a variant of kinerkijn, itself a diminutive of kintal. See quintal. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|dum|kinderkin}} Middle Dutch kinderkin, {{m|dum|kinerkijn}} kinerkijn, {{m|dum|kintal}} kintal, {{m|en|quintal}} quintal Head templates: {{en-noun}} kilderkin (plural kilderkins)
  1. A small barrel.
    Sense id: en-kilderkin-en-noun-yutGPGhr
  2. An old English liquid measure, usually being half a barrel; containing 18 English beer gallons, or 83.178 L. Categories (topical): Containers, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-kilderkin-en-noun-S8r6h4lp Disambiguation of Containers: 22 78 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kinderkin

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