Hogshead definitions

Hogshead

1) Barrel 2) Cask 3) Hhd 4) Vat
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1) Brewing term 2) British capacity unit 3) Exclusively Saxon word 4) Exclusively Anglo word 5) Imperial capacity unit 6) Imperial unit 7) Large cask for alcohol 8) Porcine projection 9) Sixty-three gallons 10) Type of container 11) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 12) Word of purely Anglo origin
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hogshead

a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
a large cask especially one holding 63 gals

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hogshead

A large barrel holding about a hundred gallons used for the shipment of wines and spirits.
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Hogshead

A cask that holds 54 imperial gallons.
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hogshead

a large cask or barrel, equal to 52 ½ imperial gallons.
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Hogshead

A hogshead is a large cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commodity). More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in either imperial or US customary, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages such as wine, ale, or cider. A tobacco hogshead was used in British and American colonial times to transport and store tobacco. It was ...
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Hogshead

• (n.) An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52/ imperial gallons; a half pipe. • (n.) A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; esp. one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
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Hogshead

Cask holding 54 imperial gallons ( 243 liters ).
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Hogshead

Another name for a small oak barrel (see barrique), used to ferment or mature wines in.
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Hogshead

A large, medieval beer barrel - equivalent to 54 Gallons which is 249.54 litres or 432 UK pints.
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Hogshead

A wine barrel that holds approximately 239 litres (63 gallons).
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hogshead

In Australia this is a 300 litre barrel. Confusingly the term is also used by some when they are referring to the barrique of Bordeaux, a smaller barrel.
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Hogshead

Hogs'head noun [ Dutch okshoofd ; akin to Swedish oxhufvud , Danish oxehoved , German oxhoft ; apparently meaning orig., ox head, but it is not known why this name was given. Confer Ox , Head .] 1. An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine ga...
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Hogshead

A large barrel, made from oak and used to mature spirit. The capacity of a hogshead was standardized first in an act of Parliament in 1423. The size now varies depending on the industry, for example a Sherry hogshead is slightly larger than a standard Madeira barely. A wine hogshead of today is around 52.5 gallons (238.7 litres).
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