ringful

ringful noun: the amount that fills or makes up a ring.

Noun

ringful (plural ringfuls or ringsful)

The amount that fills or makes up a ring.
- A very good opening was made with a class of ten aged bulls and they made quite an imposing "ringful."1937, Aberdeen-Angus Review - Issues 37-42, page 15
- I saw a whole ringful of black clouds and this little ray of sunshine just couldn't penetrate them.1949, John Harold Johnson, Negro Digest - Volume 8, page 12

ringful (comparative more ringful, superlative most ringful)

(nonce-word) Ringlike or pertaining to rings.
- Let's face it: anyone with a ring in his ear and long hair is a kind of 'sonofabitch', even if his bike isn't unduly 'ringful', with spokes radiating out from a narrow hub.2013, John O'Loughlin, Literature and the Intercardinal Axial Compass, →ISBN

And he thrusts a ringful of dangling strips of leather into the cab.1979, Kate Simon, Mexico, places and pleasures, →ISBN, page 378:
Another had jumped Don, who wrapped the leather strap around his hand and hit the biker in the face with his ringful of keys.2008, Craig Glazer, The King of Sting: The Amazing True Story of a Modern American Outlaw, →ISBN:
Time ticked by agonizingly, and he would have traded an entire ringful of dilithium crystals for one good laser solderer.2012, Greg Cox, The Rings of Time, →ISBN:

From ring + -ful.

What does ringful mean?: Ringful means the amount that fills or makes up a ring.
How do you use ringful in a sentence?: And he thrusts a ringful of dangling strips of leather into the cab.
What part of speech is ringful?: Ringful can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of ringful?: The plural of ringful is ringfuls.

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