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quarter-hoop

American  
[kwawr-ter-hoop, -hoop] / ˈkwɔr tərˌhup, -ˌhʊp /

noun

  1. a hoop, especially of steel, fastened around a cask between the bilge and the chime.

Etymology

Origin of quarter-hoop

First recorded in 1880–85

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