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Definition of barrel

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Barrel (n.) The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds..

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Cooper :: Cooper (n.) Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper..

Vyce :: Vyce (n.) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.

Stock :: Stock (n.) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage..

Drawbore :: Drawbore (v. t.) To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it..

Kilderkin :: Kilderkin (n.) A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure..

Binocle :: Binocle (n.) A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barreled field glass or an opera glass..

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The barrel of an air or other pump.

Gunstock :: Gunstock (n.) The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is fastened.

Cheval-de-frise :: Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc..

Shook :: Shook (n.) A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form..

Seven-shooter :: Seven-shooter (n.) A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading..

Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.

Calamus :: Calamus (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.

Gatling Gun :: Gatling gun () An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired..

Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg..

Coop :: Coop (n.) A barrel or cask for liquor.

Cooper :: Cooper (v. t.) To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel..

Minie Ball :: Minie ball () A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel..

Brown :: Brown (v. t.) To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface..

Twist :: Twist (n.) The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.