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rundlet en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹʌndlət/

Meanings

1. A small cask of no certain dimensions, which may contain from 3 to 20 gallons.
2. Such a cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure for liquids, especially wine, usually 18.5 gallons.
   • 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. 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, page 205:

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Coordinates

tun · barrel[Appendix:Glossary · tierce · butt · hogshead · tertian · puncheon · pipe

Hypernyms

cask · barrel[Appendix:Glossary · cask

rundlet en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹʌndlət/

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A partial or secondary umbel.
   • Rundlets roundish, with many equal, bristle-shaped spokes. 1818, William Withering, An Arrangement of British Plants, page 205:

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Relateds

rundle