launchful
launchful noun: enough to fill a launch (type of boat).
Noun
launchful (plural launchfuls)
- Enough to fill a launch (type of boat).
- So at one in the morning Major Harvey, with a launchful of his soldiers, paid a surprise visit to the Ruffling Harry, with the result that they picked up nothing more solid than a hempen cable floating at the moorings.1897, Arthur Conan Doyle, How Copley Banks Slew Captain Sharkey
- They eject a few dozen launchfuls of tourists, greedy-eyed for the scenery, whom the Messrs Reid gather in and prescribe for for a few hours or a few months as the case may be.1909, William Henry Koebel, Madeira: Old and New, page 168
Forms of launchful
| plural | launchfuls |
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Origin of launchful
From launch + -ful.
Questions about launchful
- What does launchful mean?
- Launchful means enough to fill a launch (type of boat).
- What part of speech is launchful?
- Launchful is a noun.
- What is the plural of launchful?
- The plural of launchful is launchfuls.
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