Wagonful

Quick meaning: Wagonful is a noun meaning The amount that will fit in a wagon.

Meaning

The amount that will fit in a wagon.

Example Sentences

The station rests on nearly 300 piles, some driven in to a depth of 25 ft., and 3,000 wagonsful of spoil were used to fill the site to avoid the risk of flooding.

We were obliged to wait at Camp MacDowell for Sergeant Stone to arrive with our wagonful of household goods, and then, after a mighty weeding out and repacking, we set forth once more, with a good team of mules and a good driver, to join the command.

So I reflected, having nothing better to do, when my wagonful of pilgrims had dropped out of sight in the fog--as a pebble drops into the lake--leaving me with the house to myself; and presently, as I sat at the window, I heard a white-throated sparrow singing outside.

Word Forms

• wagonfuls
• wagonsful

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wagonload, waggonload, wagonage, barnful, wagonry, cartload.

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