deckful

Noun

deckful (plural deckfuls or decksful)

1. The amount that comprises a deck (of cards).
   • […]then through the sunned gathering of her marjoram and sweet basil from the herb garden, reading of book reviews in the latest Scientific American, into the layering of a lasagna, garlicking of a bread, tearing up of romaine leaves, eventually, oven on, into the mixing of the twilight's whisky...1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 1, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 2
   • In contrast, Colonel Parmenter having graduated from Choate and West Point, and been a high-ranking Kansas City officer, Mrs. Parmenter sat there with an entire deckful of aces.2013, Ivan Doig, Bucking the Sun: A Novel, →ISBN, page 134
2. The amount that a deck will hold.
   • Next morning it made a brave sight even for English eyes as it sailed statelily in, capitana and almiranta leading, flying wondrous fair flags betokening the eminence of their commanding noblemen, and decksful of armed men.1928, Cameron Rogers, Drake's Quest, page 39
   • He was a whole deckful of loose cannons, rumbling this way and that with the pitch of every wave.1994, Jack Butler, Living in Little Rock with Miss Little Rock, →ISBN, page 98