QUARTER-HOOP


Meaning of QUARTER-HOOP in English

/kwawr"teuhr hoohp', -hoop'/ , n.

a hoop, esp. of steel, fastened around a cask between the bilge and the chime.

[ 1880-85 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .