Casks [noun]

In one of the casks of the latter more than two-thirds of its contents was deficient.

Of young negresses, headed up in casks and thrown overboard, when the ships are chased.

For distant carriage, strong wooden boxes, casks, or baskets.

Those medium-sized ones, made of wood and hooped like casks, cost from 80 pounds to 100 pounds apiece without appendages.

His guards led forward; under their tread a floating bridge rang hollow, and the water gurgled up around the casks.

The officers in charge broached many casks of spirits, and as the liquid ran down the streets, a Greek was seen to set fire to it.

The yacht buoyed by the numerous casks and lifted by the tackle, had, indeed, hung on bottom only for a moment.

The buoyant casks persisted in bobbing up to the surface, escaping now and then from their hands.

From the use of a similar instrument to tap casks, comes "to broach" or "tap" a cask.

Ready and Mr Seagrave worked till breakfast-time, and had by that time saved a great many casks and packages.