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rundletnoun
A small barrel of no certain dimensions, which may contain from 3 to 20 gallons.
rundletnoun
A measure for liquids, as for wine, usually 18.5 gallons.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Rundletnoun
A small barrel.
Etymology: perhaps runlet or roundlet.
Set a rundlet of verjuice overagainst the sun in summer, to see whether it will sweeten. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
Wikipedia
Rundlet
The rundlet is an archaic unit-like size of wine casks once used in Britain. It was equivalent to about 68 litres. It used to be defined as 18 wine gallons—one of several gallons then in use—before the adoption of the imperial system in 1824, afterwards it was 15 imperial gallons, which became the universal English base unit of volume in the British realm.
Webster Dictionary
Rundletnoun
a small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14/ gallons
Etymology: [Dim. of OF. rondele a little tun, fr. rond round. See Round, and cf. Roundlet, Runlet.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Rundlet
rund′let, n. a small barrel.—Also Run′let.
Anagrams for rundlet »
trundle
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rundlet in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rundlet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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