Example Sentences

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A slender, Y-shaped canopy will replace the half-barrel glass vault and mess of catwalks that now obscure the sky.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2018

This trap, known as the Duffus half-barrel and first patented in 1920, is based on traditional designs made of a clay or wooden barrel and a horsehair snare powered by a bent stick.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2017

Craig and Ina Hasday of Laurel, N.Y., whose children had given them a half-barrel share for their 30th wedding anniversary, climbed a ladder to the top of the de-stemmer in the production room.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2010

Henry heads over to the half-barrel grill and lights it up.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

He took the envelope by a tiny corner and put it on the anvil, and then he scrubbed his hands in the half-barrel of black water into which he plunged hot iron.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck