Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sturdy cylindrical container for storing liquids; a barrel.
- noun The quantity that such a container can hold.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A close, water-tight vessel formed like a barrel with staves, headings, and hoops, and used for containing liquids or substances which may become liquid: a generic term comprehending the pipe, hogshead, butt, barrel, etc.
- noun An irregular measure of capacity.
- noun In dyeing, an apparatus for steaming and thus fixing the colors of cloths which are printed with a mixture of dyestuffs and mordants.
- noun A helmet. [In this sense now usually spelled
casque (which see).] - To put into a cask.
- To provide with or put on a casque or helmet.
- noun A casket; a case or shell.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To put into a cask.
- noun obsolete Same as
casque . - noun A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel.
- noun The quantity contained in a cask.
- noun obsolete A casket; a small box for jewels.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large
barrel for the storage ofliquid , especially ofalcoholic drinks. - verb To put into a cask.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quantity a cask will hold
- noun a cylindrical container that holds liquids
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Oodles and oodles of it, my gentlemen, in cask and chest, in cask and chest, a fathom under the sand."
CHAPTER IX 2010
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A cask is usually small enough that it will be finished the same night that it is tapped.
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In fact, cask is under-represented in the north, largely because "northern" brands such as John Smith's and Boddingtons are in decline.
Real ale revival continues as women and young buy more Rebecca Smithers 2010
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The cask is usually gone by 10 p.m. or so, but DEKS has more than enough fine beers on offer to get you through the rest of your night.
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When the cask is tapped everyone cheers and the beer starts flowing.
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The wines were exported in cask and bottled and cellared there.
Vintage port: 1948 Taylor, 1945 Fonseca, 1927 Niepoort | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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"Oodles and oodles of it, gold and gold and better than gold, in cask and chest, in cask and chest, a fathom under the sand," the
CHAPTER IX 2010
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If you arrive when the cask is tapped, you'll get to see the cellarman (or "landlord" or "publican", etc.) tap the cask.
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Keep you eye on my new beer-focused blog, The Beer Hall, because I'll be telling you what the cask is when we finally secure a supplier.
Long Island Beers 2008
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When the cask is tapped everyone cheers and the beer starts flowing.
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