A large wooden barrel or cask, especially one used in German wine regions for storing wine.
From German 'Fuder,' a traditional unit of measure and container type used in German viticulture for centuries, borrowed directly into English wine-trade terminology.
Wine terminology is packed with borrowed German words—'Fuder,' 'Riesling,' 'Spätlese'—because Germany's wine regions became so legendary that English speakers adopted the local vocabulary to describe these precious wines.
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