Tun /(tŭn)/

Tun

n.
  1. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
  2. A fermenting vat. (Brewing)
  3. A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity.
  4. A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton. (Com.) [R.]
  5. An indefinite large quantity.
    A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ.
  6. A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
  7. Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell. (Zool.)

Tun

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Tunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Tunning

  1. To put into tuns, or casks.