Gourdful

Mother, make Harry bring me a gourdful fresh from the spring.

She had been milked only a few hours before, and so he got only a gourdful from her.

Cephas got a gourdful of water from the pail in the sink, and carried it carefully over to the table.

I had a grim sense of amusement on finding that the old woman was not deaf, for she went out, and presently came back with a gourdful, which I eagerly drank.