An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes.
A field container of a capacity approximately equal to that of 10 boxes (see boxes); or 900 pounds of oranges, temples, or tangelos; 850 pounds of grapefruit, or 950 pounds of tangerines.
A position in which the legs are bent and together, the feet and knees are at the surface and parallel to it, the thighs are perpendicular, and the face is at the surface, with the head in line with trunk.