Meanings
nounbootful (plural bootfuls or bootsful)
plural bootfuls · plural bootsful
- As much as a boot will hold.
a bootful of water
1 more example
The river was quite wide and with a swift current, the shores low and gravelly, as was the bed of the river; but we all managed to get over without accident, except the writer, who, with his usual luck, managed to secure two good bootsful of water.
1873, Samuel Hazard, “Cotuy”, in Santo Domingo, Past and Present: With a Glance at Hayti, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 301
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 一靴子量
- 一靴子量 (yī xuēzi liàng)as much as a boot will hold
Finnish saappaallinen
- saappaallinenas much as a boot will hold
Cite this entry
APA
bootful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootful
MLA
“bootful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootful. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bootful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootful.
Source: bootful on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.