Barrel engine
an engine having cylinders arranged around and parallel to a shaft, which they rotate by means of the contact of their piston rods with a swash plate or cam on the shaft.
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any of the bathypelagic fishes of the family Opisthoproctidae, especially Macropinna microstoma, having telescoping eyes.
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- Barrelhead
either of the round, flat sections that form the top and bottom of a barrel. on the barrelhead, in advance or on demand: They won’t deliver the merchandise unless we pay cash on the barrelhead. Contemporary Examples After all, he provides “cash on the barrelhead” in exchange for a form of reality TV—college and professional […]
- Barrelhouse
a cheap saloon, especially one in New Orleans in the early part of the 20th century: so called from the racks of liquor barrels originally placed along the walls. a vigorous style of jazz originating in the barrelhouses of New Orleans in the early part of the 20th century. noun (US) a cheap and disreputable […]
- Barrel knot
a knot for fastening together two strands of gut or nylon, as fishing lines or leaders.