firkin|firkins in English
noun
[fir·kin || 'fɜrkɪn /'fɜːk-]
small barrel; unit of capacity equal to approximately 9 gallons or 34 liters (British)
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1. 27 In 18 and later, butter was discovered buried, and packed in firkins (small, wooden vessel or cask) usually holding 112 English hundredweight.
2. Scheetz practices tight, dry, and white Coopering and creates accurate reproductions of period cooperage including hogsheads, barrels, firkins, butter churns, tubs, piggins, tankards and other coopered containers.