Definitions for "Tun"
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
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.
A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.
The vessel that you mash in. I use a Rubbermaid cooler, the kind football teams dump over the coaches head.
Any large vessels used in brewing.
A mash tun is a vessel in which malt and warm water are heated; a lauter tun is a vessel with a perforated bottom that allows the wort to drain. The spent grain left behind is sometimes used as animal feed.
TOON period of one year of 360 days or 18 uinals, used in the Long Count - see Calendar
A Maya year = 18 Uinals or 360 Kins(days).
A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.
Keywords:
vat, fermenting
A fermenting vat.
A period of approximately one year. In actuality, 360 days.