etc. The ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' of 1911 conjectured that the word should therefore be oxhead, hogshead being a mere corruption.

Varieties and standardisation

A tobacco hogshead was used in British and American colonial times to transport and store tobacco. It was a very large wooden barrel. A standardized hogshead measured 48 in long and 30 in in diameter at the head (at least 550 L, depending on the width in the middle). Fully packed with tobacco,

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