英语词汇“ale firkin”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ale firkin n. a small cask for ale, typically of a quarter of the capacity of an ale barrel (see ale barrel n.), (now) approx. 40.9 litres.

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1683 Chamberlayne's Present State Eng. (new ed.) iii. xi. 56 The Ale Firkin to contain eight Gallons, Kilderkin sixteen, and the Barrel thirty two.

1736 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer II. xi. 73 The Ale Firkin of eight Gallons.

1800 S. T. Coleridge Sibylline Leaves II. 223 They snatch'd him from the sickle and the plough To gauge ale-firkins.

1966 Arizona (Phoenix) Republic 29 May The mead bowl and ale firkin pass around more rapidly and the fun and fighting become deafening.

2010 N. Leask R. Burns & Pastoral viii. 252 Gaugers imposed a national ‘standard’ of weights and measures in assessing the taxable contents of casks and ale-firkins.

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释义	> as lemmas ale firkin ale firkin n. a small cask for ale, typically of a quarter of the capacity of an ale barrel (see ale barrel n.), (now) approx. 40.9 litres. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > barrel or cask as unit > firkin firkin1465 ale firkin1683 1683 Chamberlayne's Present State Eng. (new ed.) iii. xi. 56 The Ale Firkin to contain eight Gallons, Kilderkin sixteen, and the Barrel thirty two. 1736 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer II. xi. 73 The Ale Firkin of eight Gallons. 1800 S. T. Coleridge Sibylline Leaves II. 223 They snatch'd him from the sickle and the plough To gauge ale-firkins. 1966 Arizona (Phoenix) Republic 29 May The mead bowl and ale firkin pass around more rapidly and the fun and fighting become deafening. 2010 N. Leask R. Burns & Pastoral viii. 252 Gaugers imposed a national ‘standard’ of weights and measures in assessing the taxable contents of casks and ale-firkins. extracted from alen. < as lemmas
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