Barrel
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
A measure of capacity, equal to thirty-six gallons. In agricultural and mereantile parlance, as also in the inspection laws, the term “barrel” means, prima facie, not merely a certain quantity, but, further, a certain state of the article; namely, that it is in a cask, 11 Jred. 72.