Laneful

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A quantity that fills a lane.

    "He had no taste for the northern plough; nor, on the other hand, did he intend to run his head against the laneful of carriage and foot folk, that apparently cut him off from the best of the Vale of Belvoir."

Example

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"He had no taste for the northern plough; nor, on the other hand, did he intend to run his head against the laneful of carriage and foot folk, that apparently cut him off from the best of the Vale of Belvoir."

Etymology

From lane + -ful.

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