hogshead
A cask of a certain sizeA cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+¹⁄₂ imperial gallons (a half pipe).
» Tom, stubborn as he was, refused to change to the sensible metric system, preferring to measure volume in hogsheads instead.
Том в своём упрямстве отказался переходить на разумную метрическую систему, предпочитая вместо того измерять объём в хогсхедах.
Meaning
2 senses(UK)A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+¹⁄₂ imperial gallons (a half pipe).
Oxhoft
хогсхедxogsxed
A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
Oxhoft
хогсхедxogsxed
a large cask especially one holding 63 gals
Examples
1 sentencesTom, stubborn as he was, refused to change to the sensible metric system, preferring to measure volume in hogsheads instead.
ruТом в своём упрямстве отказался переходить на разумную метрическую систему, предпочитая вместо того измерять объём в хогсхедах. — Ooneykcall
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Late Middle English hogshead, hagyshed, hogeyshed, hoggesyde, hokkeshed, Middle EngliFrom Late Middle English hogshead, hagyshed, hogeyshed, hoggesyde, hokkeshed, Middle English hoggeshed, hogges-hed, hogeshed, hoggeshede, hoggesheed, hoggesheudes, hoggesheved, hoggishede, hoggisheed, hoggyssehed, hogyshed, hoogeshed (“measure of liquid capacity equivalent to about 63 gallons; large barrel or cask”, literally “hog’s head”), from hog, hogge (“swine, especially a castrated male swine”) + hed (“animal or human head”), equivalent to hog + -s- + head. The connection between the cask and the head of a hog is uncertain, but may refer to the shape of the cask. The word has often been borrowed into other languages as “ox-head”.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source