unbarrel

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ barrel.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To unpack from a barrel or barrels.
    • 1867, Simeon Thayer, Edwin Martin Stone, The Invasion of Canada in 1775, page 6:
      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.
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