scuttleful
(ˈskʌt(ə)lfʊl)
[f. scuttle n.1 + -ful.]
As much as will fill a scuttle.
| c 1440 Alphabet of Tales 109 He tuke a skuttylfull of corn. 1600 Surflet Country Farm ii. xli. 253 You must first put horse dung..a scuttle full to euerie border. 1897 Watts-Dunton Aylwin v. i, I thought the gift as entirely gratuitous, mon cher, as giving a scuttle-ful of coals to Newcastle. |