fieldful

noun

fieldful

noun

Etymology From field + -ful.

1

A quantity that fills a field.

  • He certainly had been out in the rain last night and soaked up half a fieldful of soil by the look of him.2002, Clara M. Miller, Once a Demon, page 94:
  • Sure, it's tempting to go out and recruit an all-star for every position, and just as tempting to assume that a fieldful of superstars will translate into a victorious team.2013, Dana Ardi, The Fall of the Alphas:
1 more example
  • Here beneath them the bloom of the golden-rod is upon the land; fieldsful and lanesful, it bars your way, or brushes your shoulders as you pass.2016, Roy Rolfe Gilson, Miss Primrose: A Novel, page 172:

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