pailful

American  

[peyl-fool] / ˈpeɪlˌfʊl /

noun

plural

pailfuls

1. a quantity sufficient to fill a pail.

   a pailful of water.

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Spelling

See -ful.

Etymology

Origin of pailful

First recorded in 1585–95; pail + -ful

Example Sentences

“Pope!” she whispered again, and it was as though he had had a pailful of ordure thrown in his face.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

This may or may not have been truth; but the woman flung her pailful fiercely into the street, and then as fiercely confronted Claire.

From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar

When, as often happened, he sent me for a second pailful, no protest or appeal escaped my lips, thanks to my previous training in silent obedience.

From Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls by Eastman, Charles A.

They threw the contents by the pailful inside the buildings.

From The Boss of Wind River by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)

For his stupid laughter had quenched me like a pailful of cold water.

From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)