spadefuln.

Brit.

/ˈspeɪdfʊl/, U.S.

/ˈspeɪdˌfʊl/

Forms: Also spadefull.

Etymology: < spade n.¹ + -ful suffix.

A quantity that fills a spade; as much as a spade 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

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxx. 27) 220 His mouth shall be filled with a spade-ful of mould.

1720 London Gaz. No. 5865/2 His Excellency was to raise the first Spadeful of Earth at the opening of the Dyke.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 311 Five or six spadefuls of snow.

1826 W. A. Miles Descr. Deverel Barrow 18 Every spadeful of earth presented a mixture of pottery, charcoal, and flints.

1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 161 When we had dug out one or two spadefuls of soil.

figurative.1886 R. L. Stevenson Lett. (1899) II. 13 It is painful, yet very pleasant to dig into the past of a dead friend, and find him, at every spadeful, shine brighter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spadeful
释义	spadefuln. Brit. /ˈspeɪdfʊl/, U.S. /ˈspeɪdˌfʊl/ Forms: Also spadefull. Etymology: < spade n.¹ + -ful suffix. A quantity that fills a spade; as much as a spade 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 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxx. 27) 220 His mouth shall be filled with a spade-ful of mould. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5865/2 His Excellency was to raise the first Spadeful of Earth at the opening of the Dyke. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 311 Five or six spadefuls of snow. 1826 W. A. Miles Descr. Deverel Barrow 18 Every spadeful of earth presented a mixture of pottery, charcoal, and flints. 1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 161 When we had dug out one or two spadefuls of soil. figurative.1886 R. L. Stevenson Lett. (1899) II. 13 It is painful, yet very pleasant to dig into the past of a dead friend, and find him, at every spadeful, shine brighter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1650
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