Tub

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 651

tub, n. An open wooden ve el formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; amount which a tub contain-, as a measure of quantity. — [tubbed (tubd), -bixg.] To plant or set in a tub. [ME. and LG. tub be.]