rundlet
noun- Rundlets roundish, with many equal, bristle-shaped spokes.1818, William Withering, An Arrangement of British Plants, page 205:
- Related terms
- rundle
rundlet
noun/ˈɹʌndlət/
1
A small cask of no certain dimensions, which may contain from 3 to 20 gallons.
2
Such a cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure for liquids, especially wine, usually 18.5 gallons.
- Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, page 205: