different between kinderkin vs kilderkin
kinderkin
kinderkin From the web:
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
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
kilderkin From the web:
- = 81.8296538 liters
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