hogshead Hear it!

hogshead Definition

hogs·head (hôgzhed′)

noun

  1. a large barrel or cask holding from 63 to 140 gallons (238 to 530 liters)
  2. any of various units of liquid measure, esp. one equal to 63 gallons or 52 imperial gallons (238 liters)

Etymology: ME hoggeshede, lit., hog's head: reason for name uncert.

hogshead Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • claret: We were told that every week a hogshead of claret was drunk at his table.
  • tobacco: Large warehouses were built to house American hogsheads of tobacco, each weighing half a ton.
  • beer: They had to manhandle hogsheads of beer ( that is 54 gallons ) into cellars by ropes.
  • ale: The fat cow for this day was given by the " principal Gentleman " , along with " many Hogsheads of Ale " .

Adjective modifier

  • American: Large warehouses were built to house American hogsheads of tobacco, each weighing half a ton.
  • French: The wine was aged in predominantly French oak hogsheads for around 24 months before bottling.

Noun used with modifier

  • refill: A refill hogshead has left this the color of apple nectar.
  • oak: The wine was matured in a mixture of French and American oak hogsheads for 14 months in the underground cellars at Magill.
  • sugar: An eye witness account of the time records the nightly traffic of sugar hogsheads being delivered by horse and cart from Liverpool.
  • sherry: Large ' raindrop ' beads appear in the glass with a rich gold coloring from the refill sherry hogshead.
  • half: Malt, one with 2 small tubs in the buttery, five hogsheads, and one half hogshead, and a barrel.

Browse dictionary entries near hogshead

  1. hogs and pigs report
  2. hognut
  3. hognose snake
  4. hogmanay
  5. hoggish
  6. Hogg
  7. hogfish
  8. hogback
  9. Hogarth
  10. hogan
  1. hogtie
  2. hogwash
  3. hogweed
  4. Hohenstaufen
  5. Hohenzollern
  6. Hohhot
  7. hoi polloi
  8. hoi polloi (Greek)
  9. hoise
  10. hoisin sauce