† leapfuln.
Obsolete.
A basketful.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > basket
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maundful1760
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c1000 Wulfstan Homilies 293 Ða bær man up of ðan ðe hi læfdon twelf leapas fulle.]
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 14 How many leepfullis of broke mete þei token aftir.
a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Christ Church Oxf.) (1850) Mark viii. 8 Lepful [c1384 Douce 369(2) Thei token vp that lefte of relyf, or smale gobatis, seuene leepis; c1384 Royal leepis ful].
c1440 York Myst. xxxi. 207 Ȝa, lorde, and xij lepfull þer lefte Of releue whan all men had eten.
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