Launchful
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Enough to fill a launch (type of boat).
"So at one in the morning Major Harvey, with a launchful of his soldiers, paid a surprise visit to the Ruffling Harry, with the result that they picked up nothing more solid than a hempen cable floating at the moorings."
Example
More examples"So at one in the morning Major Harvey, with a launchful of his soldiers, paid a surprise visit to the Ruffling Harry, with the result that they picked up nothing more solid than a hempen cable floating at the moorings."
Etymology
From launch + -ful.
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