light barrel

noun

An empty powder barrel pierced with holes and filled with shavings soaked in pitch, used to light up a ditch or a breach.

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Meanings

nounlight barrel (plural light barrels)

plural light barrels

  1. historicalgovernmentAn empty powder barrel pierced with holes and filled with shavings soaked in pitch, used to light up a ditch or a breach.
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APA

light barrel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light%20barrel

MLA

“light barrel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light%20barrel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “light barrel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light%20barrel.

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