ˈskepful
Also -full.
[f. skep n. + -ful2.]
The fill of a skep; as much as a skep will contain. Also fig.
| c 1570 Durh. Deposit. (Surtees) 195 She borre one skepfull of sande to the buyldynge of the aulter. Ibid., 2 skepfull of clay. 1832 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. lxii. in Blackw. Mag. Sept. 402 Why, the ballads swarm out every morning by the skep-full. 1855 [Robinson] Whitby Gloss. s.v. Skep, The tithes of certain grain were paid to Whitby Monastery in ‘Skepfuls’, but the specific amount of a skepful does not appear. 1906 N. & Q. Ser. x. V. 45/1 A log of wood, a bushel of corn, or a skepful of some farm produce. |