Armfull

Quick meaning: Armfull is a noun meaning Obsolete spelling of armful.

Meaning

Obsolete spelling of armful.

Example Sentences

In this state of the weather, and before sunrise, in the grey of the morning, we had to wade off, nearly up to our hips in water, to load the skiff with the wood by armsfull.

[I]t was thus the passion of Mr. Panton allayed its overflowings: for very shortly after his marriage, he again fell passionately in love with another lady; a bona roba Queen, the full head taller than himself, and more than an armfull.

Not only was the temple filled with French soldiers, but a clump of rose-trees and flowering shrubs had been torn up by the roots, to make a clear space for a large fire, the fuel for which was being carried in armsfull from the adjacent wood-house.

Therefore the Secretary of War (I remember he was a little man) went and fetched a large armfull of books, and looked, and did not find my father’s name; he went and fetched another armfull of books, and soon found my father’s name, and said if I was the only heir of my father, I could get the land.

Word Forms

• armfulls
• armsfull

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spooneful, armie, armill, maniple, handful, pencilful.

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