1. large wooden barrels or casks used for storing and transporting liquids, especially alcoholic beverages
Usage: historical; brewing and distilling
2. units of liquid measure, traditionally varying by commodity but typically around 63 gallons for wine or 54 gallons for beer
Usage: historical; measurement

Examples

• The distillery stored whiskey in dozens of hogsheads.
• Colonial merchants shipped rum across the Atlantic in hogsheads.
• The brewery ordered new hogsheads for aging their beer.
• Wine was traditionally measured and sold by hogsheads.
• The warehouse was filled with hogsheads of various spirits.
• Pirates often sought ships carrying hogsheads of valuable rum.