Etymology

pailful

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Today it means: The amount that fills, or would fill, a pail. Full definition →

First used 16th c.
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The story

From pail + -ful.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 16th c. The amount that fills, or would fill, a pail.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.