quarter-hoop

[ kwawr-ter-hoop, -hoo p ]
/ ˈkwɔr tərˌhup, -ˌhʊp /

noun

a hoop, especially of steel, fastened around a cask between the bilge and the chime.

Origin of quarter-hoop

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby quarter-hoop

quarter section, quarter sessions, quarter tone, quarter-bound, quarter-breed, quarter-hoop, quarter-hour, quarter-miler, quarter-phase, quarter-wave plate, quarterage