FIRKIN


Meaning of FIRKIN in English

n.1 a small cask for liquids, butter, fish, etc.

2 Brit. (as a measure) half a kilderkin (8 or 9 gallons).

Etymology: ME ferdekyn, prob. f. MDu. vierdekijn (unrecorded) dimin. of vierde fourth

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.