carriagefuln.
/ˈkarɪdʒfʊl/, U.S. /ˈkɛrᵻdʒˌfʊl/ As many people or items as a carriage can carry; the total number of passengers in a carriage.Chiefly with reference to horse-drawn carriages; more occasional uses after c1930 are typically with reference to railway carriages.
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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 carriage or cab
coachful1654
carriageful1837
cabful1845
rumbleful1859
1837 F. Marryat Olla Podrida xxxii, in Metrop. Mag. A carriagefull of children.
1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xviii. 244 A carriageful of luggage.
1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 99 Ladies and gentlemen drove to the very doorstep by the carriageful.
1927 F. A. Bruton Short Hist. Manch. & Salford (ed. 2) 185 Groans and hisses greeted the carriageful of influential personages.
2010 Independent on Sunday 28 Nov. 95/1 A carriageful of angry travellers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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