hhd.

A form of hogshead — A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+¹⁄₂ imperial gallons (a half pipe).

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Meanings

nounhhd. (plural hhds.)

plural hhds.

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of hogshead.

    […]5 hhds. rum/ 5 bbls. flour/ 1 bbl. sugar/ 9 do. pork/ 1 do. suett/ 3 do. cocoa/ 6 do. peas/ 2 ullage bbls. vinegar[…]

    1815 Niles Weekly Register volume 8, Supplement, p. 152. From an inventory of the frigate Confiance

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hogshead
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