hoggeshed

• hoogeshed, hoggishede, hogyshed, hoggys hed, hogges hede, hoggisheed

From hogges +‎ heed.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɡisˌhɛːd/

hoggeshed (plural hoggeshedes)

1. hogshead (kind of barrel)
2. hogshead (unit of measure)

• English: hogshead
• → Middle Dutch: ocxhooft (calque)
  • Dutch: okshoofd, (all obsolete) okshooft, oxhoofd, oxhooft, ockshoofd, ockshooft
    • → Swedish: oxhuvud (calque)
• → Old French: hoggeshed

• “hogges-hēd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 July 2019.

Borrowed from Middle English hoggeshed.

hoggeshed oblique singular, m (oblique plural hoggeshedes, nominative singular hoggeshedes, nominative plural hoggeshed)

1. hogshead (large vat or container)