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Definition of Barreled
1. Adjective. Put in or stored in a barrel. "Barreled beer"
2. Adjective. (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends.
Definition of Barreled
1. a. Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun.
Definition of Barreled
1. Adjective. having the specified number of barrels ¹
2. Verb. (past of barrel) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Barreled
1. barrel [v] - See also: barrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barreled
Literary usage of Barreled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Commercial Apple Industry of North America by John Clifford Folger, Samuel Mable Thomson (1921)
"PACKING (PLATE xix) Since there are two somewhat divergent systems for grading
and packing the barreled and boxed apples, the two general methods will be ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"Double-barreled, sporting, breech-loading, shotguns, combination shotguns and
rifles, valued at not more than five dollars, one dollar and fifty cents each ..."
3. Life in Danbury: Being a Brief But Comprehensive Record of the Doings of a by James Montgomery Bailey (1873)
"... horse for a five-barreled telescope. THE SCIENTISTS. SCIENTIFIC men are around
with trowels, knives, saws, and hammers, experimenting. ..."
4. History of the Republican Party: Embracing Its Origin, Growth and Mission by Frank Abial Flower (1884)
"... —The Double-barreled Ballot-box—How It Is Managed—A Blood- saving Invention—The
... barreled ..."
5. The Standard Speller: Containing Exercises for Oral Spelling, Also Sentences by Epes Sargent (1863)
"The prophet found neither credit nor profit. The pistil of a flower. A double-barreled
pistol. He sought a sort of glue. A man without principle. ..."
6. Guarding the Mails: Or, The Secret Service of the Post Office Department by Patrick Henry Woodward (1876)
"... an account of stock, the clerk, maddened with liquor and frenzied with passion,
crept stealthily on to the piazza, armed with a double-barreled gun. ..."
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