Definition of "galloons" [galloons]

• Plural form of galloon. (noun)

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• "Right Concentration: Ten bushels of dried corn (ground to meal) to nine gallons of water to half a bushel of barley to two galloons of hops."
• "Norman horses with their tails knotted up, false galloons, varnished hat, long powdered locks, an enormous whip and tall boots."
• "Among the audience there was a wealthy retired merchant, who was somewhat of a usurer, named M. Geborand, who had amassed two millions in the manufacture of coarse cloth, serges, and woollen galloons."