skepfuln.
The fill of a skep; as much as a skep will contain. Also figurative.
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c1570 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 195 She borre one skepfull of sande to the buyldynge of the aulter.
c1570 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 195 2 skepfull of clay.
1832 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lxii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 402 Why, the ballads swarm out every morning by the skep-full.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 156 The tithes of certain grain were paid to Whitby Monastery in ‘Skepfuls’, but the specific amount of a skepful does not appear.
1906 Notes & Queries 10th Ser. V. 45/1 A log of wood, a bushel of corn, or a skepful of some farm produce.
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