Hogshead

Etymology
From hoggeshed:. More at,. Often borrowed into other languages as "ox-head".

Noun

 * 1) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52 1/2 imperial gallons; a half pipe.
 * 2) *1882, Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons. &mdash; James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205.
 * 3) A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.

Translations

 * Danish: oksehoved
 * Dutch: okshoofd, oxhoofd
 * Estonian: aam
 * German: oxhoft
 * Ido: barelego
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: oksehode
 * Nynorsk: oksehovud
 * Polish: okseft
 * Russian: Хогсхед
 * Scottish Gaelic: togsaid, tocasaid
 * Swedish: oxhufvud


 * Vietnamese: Bơrin


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 大桶
 * Danish: oksehoved
 * Dutch: okshoofd, oxhoofd
 * German: oxhoft
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: oksehode
 * Nynorsk: oksehovud
 * Polish: okseft
 * Russian: Хогсхед
 * Scottish Gaelic: togsaid, tocasaid
 * Swedish: oxhufvud

hogshead hogshead hogshead hogshead hogshead hogshead hogshead