Associations to the word «Kilderkin»

Wiktionary

KILDERKIN, noun. A small barrel.
KILDERKIN, noun. An old English liquid measure, usually being half a barrel; containing 18 English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.

Dictionary definition

KILDERKIN, noun. An obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King