fust

Signification (English)

cask (e.g. containing beer)

Concepts

tonneau

fût

baril

futaille

tonnelet

Synonyms

ton

vat

affuit

tonnetje

vaatje

okshoofd

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen néerlandais: fuust

Cognate with anglais: fust

In summary

From earlier fuste (“type of wine barrel”), from Middle Dutch fuust (“barrel”), borrowed from Old French fust (“wine barrel, piece of wood”), from Latin fusta, fustum (“block of wood, barrel”), from earlier fustis (“cludgel”). Cognate with English fust.