Definition of Barreling

1. Verb. (present participle of barrel) ¹

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Definition of Barreling

1. barrel [v] - See also: barrel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barreling

barrel vault
barrel vaults
barrelage
barrelages
barrelchested
barreled
barreleye
barreleyes
barrelfish
barrelful
barrelfuls
barrelhead
barrelheads
barrelhouse
barrelhouses
barreling (current term)
barrelled
barrellike
barrelling
barrels
barrelsful
barren
barren ground caribou
barren of(p)
barrener
barrenest
barrenly
barrenness
barrennesses
barrens

Literary usage of Barreling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"A person employed in barreling herrings. PACKET, ». (1) A horse-pannel to carry packs. Chesh. (2) A false report. For. d. PACK-GATE,». ..."

2. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society (1887)
"... corn and trees 25 00 To gathering and barreling 100 bushels apples, second year's crop 8 00 To gathering 150 bushels of corn 4 50 To 33 apple barrels, ..."

3. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1895)
"barreling APPLES.—Many of the most profitable operations in commercial life depends in the first instance upon very simple facts. ..."

4. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1904)
"In barreling we select according to the wishes of the shippers. As a rule they say "select a little higher color for the facing," and so we run over the ..."

5. Collection and Disposal of Municipal Refuse by Rudolph Hering, Samuel Arnold Greeley (1921)
"This is particularly true of the grease-storage tank, which is 55 ft. in diameter by 30 ft. high, and of the grease barreling house. ..."

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