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‖ cardel
Also kardel.
[ad. Du. kardeel, quardeel.]
A hogshead containing in 17th c. 64 gallons, used in the Dutch whaling trade. See quardeel.
1694Acc. Sev. Late Voy. (1711) II. 178 The Train-oyl runs into the Warehouse into a Vatt, whereout they fill it into Cardels or Vessels..A Cardel or Hogshead holds 64 Gallons. Ibid. 11 Cutting the great pieces of fat into lesser pieces, to fill our Kardels with them. 1857Polar Seas & Regions (ed. 20) 461 The Dutch..took 57,590 whales, yielding 3,105,596 quardeelen of oil..A quardeel of oil contains..from 77 to 90 imperial standard gallons. |