Barrel knot
a knot for fastening together two strands of gut or nylon, as fishing lines or leaders.
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noun good-natured pandemonium examples perhaps it’s the silliness of the image, or how perplexed and tickled you’d feel if you ever saw a barrel of monkeys. word origin based on what would happen if monkeys were in a barrel usage note slang
- Barrel organ
a musical instrument in which air from a bellows is admitted to a set of pipes by means of pins inserted into a revolving barrel; hand organ. historical examples i should like to be a peer who grinds a barrel organ or (better still) a one-time organ-grinder who now lives in park lane. the journal […]
- Barrel race
a rodeo event, usually for women, in which a horse and rider must race in a zigzag pattern around three barrels, competing for the fastest time. to compete in a barrel race.
- Barrel roof
a roof or ceiling having a semicylindrical form. barrel vault.
- Barrel vault
a vault having the form of a very deep arch. historical examples thomas did not believe that a barrel vault was used in these apartments; the span would have been too great. a history of art in chalda & -ssyria, v. 1 georges perrot the church is covered by a barrel vault, the crossing of […]