KILDERKIN

9 letters 18 Scrabble points

Definition of KILDERKIN

noun

  1. A small barrel.

  2. An old English liquid measure, usually being half a barrel; containing 18 English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.

    "1882: 23 Hen. VIII, cap. 4... The barrel of beer is to hold 36 gallons, the kilderkin 18 gallons the firkin 9. But the barrel, kilderkin, and firkin of ale are to contain 32, 16, and 8 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 205."

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters K I L D E R K I N
Length 9 letters
Scrabble Score 18 points