shovelfuln.

/ˈʃʌv(ə)lfʊl/

Forms: Also shovelfull.

Etymology: < shovel n. + -ful suffix.

A quantity that fills a shovel; as much as a shovel can hold or take up at one time.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > a load as a quantity > amount that fills a spade, shovel, etc.

shovelful1533

trowelful1580

spadeful1650

spitful1842

hoeful1866

shovel1881

1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Iohan Iohan sig. B.iv^v This shouyll full of colys.

1658 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Hist. Venice ii. ii. 117 One shufle-full of earth.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 26. ¶3 I entertain'd my self with the digging of a Grave; and saw in every Shovel-full of it that was thrown up, the Fragment of a Bone or Skull.

1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. viii He stood over her, counted her shovelsfull of tea, and watched the water into the tea-pot.

1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 100 Shovelsful of sand and sawdust.

figurative.1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 256 Throwing out lies and scandals by shouell-fuls.1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. iii. 180 Riddling or screening certain cartloads of heavy old German printed-rubbish..we obtain the following shovelful of authentic particulars.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	shovelful
释义	shovelfuln. /ˈʃʌv(ə)lfʊl/ Forms: Also shovelfull. Etymology: < shovel n. + -ful suffix. A quantity that fills a shovel; as much as a shovel can hold or take up at one time. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > a load as a quantity > amount that fills a spade, shovel, etc. shovelful1533 trowelful1580 spadeful1650 spitful1842 hoeful1866 shovel1881 1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Iohan Iohan sig. B.iv^v This shouyll full of colys. 1658 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Hist. Venice ii. ii. 117 One shufle-full of earth. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 26. ¶3 I entertain'd my self with the digging of a Grave; and saw in every Shovel-full of it that was thrown up, the Fragment of a Bone or Skull. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. viii He stood over her, counted her shovelsfull of tea, and watched the water into the tea-pot. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 100 Shovelsful of sand and sawdust. figurative.1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 256 Throwing out lies and scandals by shouell-fuls.1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. iii. 180 Riddling or screening certain cartloads of heavy old German printed-rubbish..we obtain the following shovelful of authentic particulars. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1533
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