bootful

English

Etymology

boot +‎ -ful

Noun

bootful (plural bootfuls or bootsful)

As much as a boot will hold.
a bootful of water
- 1873, Samuel Hazard, “Cotuy”, in Santo Domingo, Past and Present: With a Glance at Hayti, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 301:
  The river was quite wide and with a swift current, the shores low and gravelly, as was the bed of the river; but we all managed to get over without accident, except the writer, who, with his usual luck, managed to secure two good bootsful of water.

Translations

as much as a boot will hold

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