kilderkin

== English == === Alternative forms === kinderkin === Etymology === Late Middle English, from Middle Dutch kinderkin, a variant of kinerkijn, itself a diminutive of kintal. See quintal. === Noun === kilderkin (plural kilderkins) A small barrel. An old English liquid measure, usually being half a barrel; containing 18 English beer gallons, or 83.178 L. 1882: 23 Hen. VIII, cap. 4... The barrel of beer is to hold 36 gallons, the kilderkin 18 gallons the firkin 9. But the barrel, kilderkin, and firkin of ale are to contain 32, 16, and 8 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 205. === Further reading === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Kilderkin”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.