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Hogshead Moderate

Hogshead has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages

2

a large cask especially one holding 63 gals

3

An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+¹⁄₂ imperial gallons; a half pipe.

See Also
pipe gallon indefinite barrel wine gallon liquid cask foots
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
British capacity unit barrel
Rhyming Words
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