What does the word hogshead mean?

Usage examples for hogshead

  1. None presented, for the boxes lay flat on the floor, and the hogshead was away from the side wall. – Ralph of the Roundhouse by Allen Chapman
  2. He ran at the hogshead with it. – Ralph of the Roundhouse by Allen Chapman
  3. Then draw out the bureau drawers, and empty their contents out of the back window; telling somebody below to upset the slop- barrel and rain- water hogshead at the same time. – The American Union Speaker by John D. Philbrick
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