oil drum

noun

a metal drum used to contain or transport oil

Words nearby oil drum

oil burner, oil cake, oil city, oil color, oil derrick, oil drum, oil field, oil gilding, oil gland, oil hardening, oil meal

Example sentences from the Web for oil drum

  • Into one of these an oil-drum was fixed, to be used as the fireplace, the other hole serving to hold our saucepan.

    South! |Sir Ernest Shackleton

  • The charge is in a can like an oil-drum and dropped in the pipe, and then the shell dropped in on top of it.

    "Over There" with the Australians |R. Hugh Knyvett