cask : Idioms & Phrases

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Gang cask

  • a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck.
Webster 1913

harness cask

Har"ness cask`
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub. W. C. Russell.
Webster 1913

roching cask

Roch"ing cask`
Etymology
Probably from F. roche a rock.
Definitions
  1. A tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution.
Webster 1913

Scuttle butt, ∨ Scuttle cask

  • (Naut.), a butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship.
Webster 1913

To shake a cask

  • (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack the staves.
Webster 1913

Wine cask

  • noun a barrel that holds wine
    wine barrel.
WordNet
  • a cask for holding wine, or which holds, or has held, wine.
Webster 1913