Etymology

tunful

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Today it means: Enough to fill a tun or cask. Full definition →

Middle English tonneful
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromtonneful
  2. English todaytunful

From Middle English tonneful (attested in the plural as tonnefullis), equivalent to tun + -ful.

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