bushelful

[boo sh-uh l-foo l]

noun, plural bush·el·fuls.

an amount equal to the capacity of a bushel.

Origin of bushelful

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at bushel¹, -ful

Usage note

See -ful.

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Examples from the Web for bushelful

Historical Examples of bushelful

A bushelful of nonsense is talked pro and con: it always is at an innovation.
Diana of the Crossways, Complete
George Meredith
He is asked if beans are taken from a bushelful, what colour predominates?
The Browning Cyclopdia
Edward Berdoe
He pushed the empty chest into the river and then went home with the sexton to get his bushelful of money.
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen
And so quite contentedly they paid the bushelful of gold pieces to the peasant, who had got kisses, not cuffs, by his bargains.
Twenty-Four Unusual Stories for Boys and Girls
Anna Cogswell Tyler