Legful
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 As much as goes on or in a leg.
"It's the things you get besides the smelts— the spring moon over the spruces, the rush of the snow-water through the sets, the sudden excruciating breathlessness when you go in over your boots and have a legful of that same water."
- 2 As much as can be moved by a leg.
"In the corner of the door jamb, the spider flings legfuls of web over the moth, spinning it around like a chunk of wood on a lathe."
Example
More examples"It's the things you get besides the smelts— the spring moon over the spruces, the rush of the snow-water through the sets, the sudden excruciating breathlessness when you go in over your boots and have a legful of that same water."
Etymology
From leg + -ful.
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