hogshead

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English hogshead, hagyshed, hogeyshed, hoggesyde, hokkeshed, Middle English hoggeshed, hogges-hed, hogeshed, hoggeshede, hoggesheed, hoggesheudes, hoggesheved, hoggishede, hoggisheed, hoggyssehed, hogyshed, hoogeshed (“measure of liquid capacity equivalent to about 63 gallons; large barrel or cask”, literally “hog’s head”), from hog, hogge (“swine, especially a castrated male swine”) + hed (“animal or human head”), equivalent to hog +‎ -s- +‎ head. The connection between the cask and the head of a hog is uncertain, but may refer to the shape of the cask. The word has often been borrowed into other languages as “ox-head”. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒɡzˌhɛd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɡzˌhɛd/, /ˈhɔɡz-/ Hyphenation: hogs‧head === Noun === hogshead (plural hogsheads) (British) A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+1⁄2 imperial gallons (a half pipe). Synonym: hhd. (abbreviation) Hypernym: cask Coordinate terms: (in order of increasing volume) rundlet; barrel; tierce; puncheon, tertian; pipe, butt; tun A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons. ==== Derived terms ==== couch a hogshead ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === hogshead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hogshead. === Noun === hogshead m (plural hogsheads) hogshead (an English measure of liquids)