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wainful

wainful noun: a quantity that fills a wain; wagonful.

Noun

wainful (plural wainfuls or wainsful)

  1. A quantity that fills a wain; wagonful.
    • Farmer John and his comfortable wainful, has the best of my Lord Grateswel, in his uncomfortably aristocratic coach,—for “First come first served,” is the Grasmere Sports' motto.1879, Routledge's Every Girl's Annual, page 302
    • It is a pleasant picture to dwell on ; the farm, a small state. in itself, with the mowers and gleaners singing about the last wainful of corn ;1896, Twentieth Century - Volume 16, page 9

Forms of wainful

pluralwainfuls
pluralwainsful

Origin of wainful

From wain + -ful.

Questions about wainful

What does wainful mean?
Wainful means a quantity that fills a wain; wagonful.
What part of speech is wainful?
Wainful is a noun.
What is the plural of wainful?
The plural of wainful is wainfuls.

Words near wainful in the dictionary

  1. wainbote
  2. Waine
  3. wained
  4. Wainfleet
  5. Wainfleet All Saints
  6. wainful
  7. wainfuls
  8. waining
  9. wainman
  10. Wainmans
  11. wainmen

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