pottleful
pottleful noun: the amount that a pottle will hold.
Noun
pottleful (plural pottlefuls or pottlesful)
- The amount that a pottle will hold.
- Fil a pottleful of clean red wine and put therein the powder of Cinamon,Cloves,Ginger,Parietary, Nutmegs, Gallingale,Spikenard, Muct, Quinbilois, Grains, Sage, Mints, Rue, Calamint, Long-pepper,...1653, Countess of Kent, A Choice Manual Of Rare and Select Secrets in Physick and Chyrurgery, page 119
- He darted to the corn bin, got a great pottleful of oats, and shot into her stall.1879, George MacDonald, The Marquis of Lossie
Forms of pottleful
| plural | pottlefuls |
|---|---|
| plural | pottlesful |
Origin of pottleful
From pottle + -ful.
Questions about pottleful
- What does pottleful mean?
- Pottleful means the amount that a pottle will hold.
- What part of speech is pottleful?
- Pottleful is a noun.
- What is the plural of pottleful?
- The plural of pottleful is pottlefuls.
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