capful

plural capfuls · plural capsful

1. The amount that will fit into a cap.
2. nauticalA light puff of wind.

   "I warrant you were frighted, wer'n't you, last night, when it blew but a capful of wind?"

   1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, page 9

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   " Last night, at sunset, there were plenty of the most respectable wind-clouds, but now there isn't a capful."

   1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 182