In dictionaries:
wine cask
Container for aging or storing wine.
quarter cask
harness cask
Container for transporting liquids securely.
cask conditioned
Cask strength
(also known as barrel proof/barrel strength) a term used by whisky (spelt "whiskey" in Ireland and the United States) and rum producers to describe a whisky or rum that has not been substantially diluted after its storage in a cask for maturation.
roching cask
Barrel used for aging spirits.
gang cask
Barrel used for collective storage.
scuttle cask
Container for storing or transporting liquids.
to shake a cask
Agitate to mix or settle contents.
cask conditioning
Maturation process in the cask.
Dry cask storage
a method of storing high-level radioactive waste, such as spent nuclear fuel that has already been cooled in a spent fuel pool for at least one year and often as much as ten years.
The Cask of Amontillado
"The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book.
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