Hogshead Definition

hôgzhĕd, hŏgz-
hogsheads
noun
Any of various units of liquid measure, esp. one equal to 63 gallons or c. 52.5 imperial gallons (c. 238.5 liters)
Webster's New World
A large barrel or cask holding from 63 to 140 gallons (c. 238.5 to c. 530 liters)
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
hogshead
Plural:
hogsheads

Origin of Hogshead

  • From Middle English hoggeshed (literally, “hog's head”). More at hog, head. Often borrowed into other languages as "ox-head".

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Hogshead Sentence Examples

  • A refill hogshead has left this the color of apple nectar.

  • Large ' raindrop ' beads appear in the glass with a rich gold coloring from the refill sherry hogshead.

  • The prices of the wines also are subject to great fluctuation, but in fair years will vary, according to class and quality, from;IO to 30 per hogshead for the better growths.

  • Thus within recent years the output of the Château Lafite was at a minimum in 1903 when only 229 hogsheads (the hogshead of claret = 46 gallons) were produced, into wine, are entirely different from those prevalent in the red wine districts.

  • Thus within recent years the output of the Château Lafite was at a minimum in 1903 when only 229 hogsheads (the hogshead of claret = 46 gallons) were produced, into wine, are entirely different from those prevalent in the red wine districts.

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Words Starting With

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