rundlet

American  

[ruhnd-lit] / ˈrʌnd lɪt /

noun

1. an old British measure of capacity, about 15 imperial gallons (68 liters).

2. a small cask.

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rundlet British  

/ ˈrʌndlɪt /

noun

1. obsolete a liquid measure, generally about 15 gallons

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Etymology

Origin of rundlet

1350–1400; Middle English rondelet; see roundlet

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Example Sentences

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rundlet

But what can possibly be in that huge silver rundlet into which they plunge their goblets so often?

From The Dragon of Wantley His Tale by John Stewardson

Powder, the barrel or rundlet of 7 lbs. goes for a piece.

From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley

The winged crocodile was kicked into the closet, after it were hurled the thunder machine and the lightning torch, and after them clattered the cups and the silver rundlet.

From The Dragon of Wantley His Tale by John Stewardson

I cried to the fellow that had just entered the hold with a handful of biscuits and a little rundlet of burnt wine.

From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Arthur F. Wallis

In further token of kindness, he sent to the Plymouth Governor, "a rundlet of sugar and two Holland cheeses."

From Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

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