firkin
fir·kin / ˈfərkən/ • n. chiefly hist. a small cask used chiefly for liquids, butter, or fish. ∎ a unit of liquid volume equal to half a kilderkin (about 11 gallons or 41 liters).
Firkin
Firkin
a measure of quantity; half a kilderkin, 1465; as a small cask for liquids, fish, butter, etc.
Examples: firkin of ale [8 gallons], 1465; of beer [9 gallons], 1600; of butter [9 gallons], 1745; of eels [10 1/2 gallons], 1600; of herrings [8 gallons], 1600; of marlvoisie [‘malmsey wine’], 1828; of mead, 1713; of salmon, [10 1/2 gallons], 1600.
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