noun, verb — 7 senses
US /ˈbuʃəl/ · /ˈbʊʃəl/
Etymology From Middle English busshel, from Old French boissel, from boisse, a grain measure based on Gaulish *bostyā (“handful”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”), Old Irish bas), from Proto-Indo-European *gwost-, *gwosdʰ- (“branch”).
A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel).
A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
Colloquial, Figuratively A large indefinite quantity.
UK The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.
Etymology From Middle English busshel, from Old French boissel, from boisse, a grain measure based on Gaulish *bostyā (“handful”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”), Old Irish bas), from Proto-Indo-European *gwost-, *gwosdʰ- (“branch”).
US, Ambitransitive To mend or repair clothes.
To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.
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