skirtful
skirtful noun: as much as is within, on, or held by a skirt.
Noun
skirtful (plural skirtfuls or skirtsful)
- As much as is within, on, or held by a skirt.
- “After a little while, lifting his head from the collar of reflection, he removed the talisman of silence from the treasure of speech, and scattered skirtsful of brilliant gems and princely pearls before the company in his mirth-exciting deliveries.”—Oriental Bahar-Danush.1878, Mark Sibley Severance, “A Fresh Excursion into Verdancy”, in Hammersmith: His Harvard Days, Boston, Mass.: Houghton, Osgood and Company; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, page 122
- But the boy nerved himself; he would not loiter to gaze at it, but strode into the cottage and began hacking with great fierceness at the nettles, which Tilda—her hands cased in a pair of old pruning gloves—gathered in skirtfuls and carried out of door.1909, A[rthur] T[homas] Quiller-Couch, “The Hunted Stag”, in True Tilda, Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company Limited, page 296
Forms of skirtful
| plural | skirtfuls |
|---|---|
| plural | skirtsful |
Origin of skirtful
From skirt + -ful.
Questions about skirtful
- What does skirtful mean?
- Skirtful means as much as is within, on, or held by a skirt.
- What part of speech is skirtful?
- Skirtful is a noun.
- What is the plural of skirtful?
- The plural of skirtful is skirtfuls.
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