Etymology

shipful

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Today it means: As much as a ship will hold. Full definition →

Middle English schipful
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromschipful
  2. English todayshipful

From Middle English schipful, equivalent to ship + -ful.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.