Lapful

Quick meaning: Lapful is a noun meaning As much as somebody's lap can hold.

Meaning

As much as somebody's lap can hold.

Example Sentences

The revelry from the tent grew at last so boisterous, the wailings and cries of help from the tower so terrible, that, unable to bear the heartrending emotion any longer, Queen Elizabeth stole forth alone, amid the darkness, to carry beneath the rich dalmatique she wore, a whole lapful of the millet loaves, crisp, russet and fresh baked, which had been just brought from the oven for the table of the King, and threw them to the famishing inmates of the tower.

Word Forms

• lapfuls
• lapsful

Related Words

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