wagonful

wagonful

English

Etymology

wagon +‎ -ful

Noun

wagonful (plural wagonfuls or wagonsful)

1. the amount that will fit in a wagon
   • 1893, Bradford Torrey, The Foot-path Way‎:

     So I reflected, having nothing better to do, when my wagonful of pilgrims had dropped out of sight in the fog--as a pebble drops into the lake--leaving me with the house to myself; and presently, as I sat at the window, I heard a white-throated sparrow singing outside.

   • 1911, Martha Summerhayes, Vanished Arizona‎:

     We were obliged to wait at Camp MacDowell for Sergeant Stone to arrive with our wagonful of household goods, and then, after a mighty weeding out and repacking, we set forth once more, with a good team of mules and a good driver, to join the command.