Meaning & use
tuns
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Large casks or barrels, traditionally used for storing wine, beer, or other liquids.
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The cellar held a dozen oak tuns of aging ale.
Medieval breweries measured their output by the tun.
A note on using this word
Also historically a unit of liquid measure, roughly 252 gallons; the word survives in place names such as Tunbridge.
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casksbarrels
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