TUN


Meaning of TUN in English

■ noun

1》 a large beer or wine cask.

↘a brewer's fermenting vat.

2》 an imperial measure of capacity, equal to 4 hogsheads.

■ verb ( ~s , ~ning , ~ned ) archaic store (wine or drink) in a ~.

Origin

OE ~ne , from med. L. ~na , prob. of Gaulish origin.

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