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Bar·rel v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barreled or Barrelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Barreling, or Barrelling.] To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
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Bar·reled, Bar·relled a.
1. Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun.
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barrelled
adj 1: put in or stored in a barrel; "barreled beer" [syn: barreled]
[ant: unbarreled]
2: (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends [syn: barreled]
barrel
n 1: a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
[syn: gun barrel]
2: a cylindrical container that holds liquids [syn: cask]
3: a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends [syn: drum]
4: the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold [syn: barrelful]
5: any of various units of capacity; "a barrel of beer is 31
gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons" [syn: bbl]
v : put in barrels
[also: barrelling, barrelled]