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Etymology

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un- +‎ barrel

Verb

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unbarrel (third-person singular simple present unbarrels, present participle unbarreling or unbarrelling, simple past and past participle unbarreled or unbarrelled)

  1. (transitive) To unpack from a barrel or barrels.
    • 1867, Simeon Thayer, Edwin Martin Stone, The Invasion of Canada in 1775, page 6:
      The remainder of the men were employed in unbarreling our Pork and stringing it on poles for convenience of carriage, and carrying our Batteaux from the river to the pond.