stoupful
(ˈstuːpfʊl)
[f. stoup + -ful.]
As much as a stoup will hold.
| 1590 in Law's Memor. (1818) Pref. p. xxviii, A stoupfull of poisoned aill. 1824 Carlyle Let. 18 Sept. in Froude Life (1882) I. 235, I have swallowed, say about two stoupfuls of castor oil since I came hither. 1892 J. S. Fletcher When Chas. I was King (1896) 295, I see you have drunk all the ale—shall I fetch you another stoupful? |