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GRANDE FUTAILLE [1 record]

Record 1 2005-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Containers
  • Winemaking
DEF

[A] large, lengthy barrel or cask with tapered ends.

OBS

[It is] used for aging and shipping wine - extensively for port and also for marsala and madeira [wine].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conteneurs
  • Industrie vinicole
OBS

futaille : Récipient de bois, en forme de tonneau (pour le vin, le cidre, l'eau-de-vie, la bière, l'huile, etc.).

Spanish

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