barrels

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A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.“a cracker barrel”
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case“the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.”
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.“He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him.”