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Meaning Of Barrel
n.
A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and
bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat
ends or heads.
n.
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies
for different articles and also in different places for the same
article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/
gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.
n.
A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel
of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is
coiled.
n.
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is
discharged.