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harness cask

noun

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  1. A (usually round) barrel lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for…

    A (usually round) barrel lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use.

    • "Why, it's thirty year and more since I saw you last. Here you are in your house, and me still picking my salt meat out of the harness cask."

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