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Definition of Armful
1. Noun. The quantity that can be contained in the arms.
Definition of Armful
1. n. As much as the arm can hold.
Definition of Armful
1. Noun. The amount an arm or arms can hold. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Armful
1. as much as the arm can hold [n ARMFULS or ARMSFUL]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Armful
Literary usage of Armful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist?: Or, Curious Revelations from the Life by Nettie Colburn Maynard, Henrietta Sturdevant (Colburn) Maynard (1891)
"... of Chancellorsville goes on and the result foretold—We depart with an armful
of flowers—Visit to the Mount Pleasant Hospital, where father greets us. ..."
2. The Simple Life by Ruth King Porter (2006)
"WHEN ISABEL STEPPED out of her room with the last armful of books, she almost
bumped into Roxy who was coming out of the bathroom. "Hey, hon, watch it. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Panjábí Language by J. Newton (1854)
"An armful of grass, straw, grain, &c. just cut. a kind of bird ; a kind of flower.
... armful ..."
4. What is medicine? by Albert Leary Gihon (1886)
"with an armful of diplomas, have subscribed to the most inflexible of codes, and
no matter what faculty, society or institution he may be delegated to ..."
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