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Rundlet vs Rundle - What's the difference?

rundlet | rundle |

As nouns the difference between rundlet and rundle

is that rundlet is a small barrel of no certain dimensions, which may contain from 3 to 20 gallons while rundle is a round; a step of a ladder; a rung.

rundlet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small barrel of no certain dimensions, which may contain from 3 to 20 gallons.
  • A measure for liquids, as for wine, usually 18.5 gallons.
  • * 1882 , , A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , p. 205:
    • 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.

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    rundle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A round; a step of a ladder; a rung.
  • * Brian Duppa
  • (obsolete) A ball.
    • (Holland)
  • (obsolete) Something that rotates about an axis, such as a wheel or the drum of a capstan.
  • * Bishop Wilkins
    • an axis or cylinder having a rundle about it
  • (engineering, obsolete) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
    • (Webster 1913)