barrel
n.
c.1300, from Old French baril (12c.) "barrel, cask, vat," with cognates in all Romance languages (such as Italian barile, Spanish barril), but origin uncertain; perhaps from Gaulish, perhaps somehow related to bar, n.1. Meaning "metal tube of a gun" is from 1640s. Barrel roll in aeronautics is from 1927.
v.
mid-15c., "to put in barrels," from barrel, n.. Meaning "to move quickly" is 1930, American English slang, perhaps suggestive of a rolling barrel. Related: Barreled; barreling.
〔李〕[barr;-eln.] n.木桶 ←bar(r) (L barra)=bar or rod 横木; 棒条