unbarrel

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verb

To unpack from a barrel or barrels.

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Meanings

verbunbarrel (third-person singular simple present unbarrels, present participle (US) unbarreling or (UK) unbarrelling, simple past and past participle (US) unbarreled or (UK) unbarrelled)

present singular third person unbarrels · US participle present unbarreling · UK participle present unbarrelling · US participle past unbarreled · US past unbarreled · UK participle past unbarrelled · UK past unbarrelled

  1. transitiveTo unpack from a barrel or barrels.

    The remainder of the men were employed in unbarreling our Pork and stringing it on poles for convenience of carriage, and carrying our Batteaux from the river to the pond.

    1867, Simeon Thayer, Edwin Martin Stone, The Invasion of Canada in 1775, page 6

Origin

From un- + barrel.

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APA

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

MLA

“unbarrel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbarrel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbarrel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbarrel.

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