Definitions for kilderkin

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kilderkin kil·der·kin

Spelling: [kil-der-kin]

IPA: /ˈkɪl dər kɪn/

Kilderkin is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 187 anagrams from letters in kilderkin (deiikklnr).

Definitions for kilderkin

noun

1. a unit of capacity, usually equal to half a barrel or two firkins.
2. an English unit of capacity, equal to 18 imperial gallons (82 liters).

Origin of kilderkin

1350-1400; Middle English, dissimilated variant of kinderkin Middle Dutch, equivalent to kinder (≪ Arabic qinṭār quintal) + -kin -kin

Examples for kilderkin

kilderkin, kil′dėr-kin, n. a small barrel: a liquid measure of 18 gallons.

We have adopted it as kilderkin, but have doubled its capacity.