Barrelled

Barrelled
Barreled Bar"reled, Barrelled Bar"relled, a. 1. Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun. [1913 Webster]

2. put in or stored in a barrel;; as, barreled beer; -- opposite of {unbarreled}. [WordNet 1.5]

3. tapered toward both ends; -- of an arrow. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • -barrelled — [[t] bæ̱rəld[/t]] COMB in ADJ barrelled combines with adjectives to form adjectives that describe a gun which has a barrel or barrels of the specified type. → See also double barrelled ...a short barreled rifle. ...a double barrelled shotgun. (in …   English dictionary

  • Barrelled — Barrel Bar rel (b[a^]r r[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barreled} ( r[e^]ld), or {Barrelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Barreling}, or {Barrelling}.] To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • -barrelled — Double barreled Dou ble bar reled, or barrelled bar relled , a. Having two barrels; applied to a gun. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Barrelled space — In functional analysis and related areas of mathematics barrelled spaces are topological vector spaces where every barrelled set in the space is a neighbourhood for the zero vector. A barrelled set or a barrel in a topological vector space is a… …   Wikipedia

  • barrelled — bar·relled || bærÉ™ld adj. having a certain number or kind of barrels (double barreled, etc.); packed in a barrel bar·rel || bærÉ™l n. drum, cask; tube of a gun; round container v. move at high speed (Slang) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • barrelled — adjective 1. put in or stored in a barrel barreled beer • Syn: ↑barreled • Ant: ↑unbarreled (for: ↑barreled) 2. (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends …   Useful english dictionary

  • Double-barrelled name — In English speaking and some other Western countries, a double barrelled name is a family name with two parts, which may or may not be joined with a hyphen and is also known as a hyphenated name. An example of a hyphenated double barrelled… …   Wikipedia

  • double-barrelled — (in AM, use double barreled) 1) ADJ: ADJ n A double barrelled gun has two barrels. ...a double barrelled shotgun. 2) ADJ: ADJ n A double barrelled surname has two parts which are joined by a hyphen, for example Miss J. Heydon Smith . [BRIT] 3)… …   English dictionary

  • double-barrelled — BrE double barreled AmE 1.) a double barrelled gun has two places where the bullets come out 2.) BrE a double barrelled family name has two parts 3.) AmE very strong or using a lot of force ▪ a double barreled attack …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • double-barrelled — UK [ˌdʌb(ə)l ˈbærəld] / US [ˌdʌb(ə)l ˈberəld] adjective 1) a double barrelled gun has a pair of tubes that bullets come out from 2) British a double barrelled name is a family name with two parts, usually joined by a hyphen, for example Lloyd… …   English dictionary

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