barrelhead
[bar-uh l-hed]
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noun
either of the round, flat sections that form the top and bottom of a barrel.
Nearby words
- barrel-roll,
- barrelage,
- barreleye,
- barrelfish,
- barrelful,
- barrelhouse,
- barren,
- barren ground caribou,
- barren grounds,
- barren lands
Idioms
on the barrelhead, in advance or on demand: They won't deliver the merchandise unless we pay cash on the barrelhead.
Origin of barrelhead
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for barrelhead
After all, he provides “cash on the barrelhead” in exchange for a form of reality TV—college and professional sports.
If Earthmen wanted anything from them, the terms were cash on the barrelhead.
A World by the Tale|Gordon Randall GarrettNevertheless, the headaches had for years made the transference of fishing to someone for cash on the barrelhead a temptation.
The Bounty of the Chesapeake|James Wharton