bootfulとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

bootful (複数形 bootfuls または bootsful)

1. As much as a boot will hold.

   a bootful of water

   • 1873, Samuel Hazard, “Cotuy”, in Santo Domingo, Past and Present: With a Glance at Hayti, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 301:

     The river was quite wide and with a swift current, the shores low and gravelly, as was the bed of the river; but we all managed to get over without accident, except the writer, who, with his usual luck, managed to secure two good bootsful of water.