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Definition of Barrowful
1. Noun. The quantity that a barrow will hold.
Definition of Barrowful
1. Noun. The amount that can fit in a barrow ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barrowful
Literary usage of Barrowful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1856)
"One barrowful of sandy loam; one peck of leaf-mould; one peck of old cow-dung.
2. ... one barrowful of one-year-old horse-dung; one peck of sand. ..."
2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1856)
"One barrowful of sandy loam ; one peck of leaf-mould ; one peck of old cow-dung.
... well-rotted cow-dung, or leaf-mould ; one-half barrowful of white sand ..."
3. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1856)
"One barrowful of sandy loam; ... two barrowful* of good loam. ... one barrowful
of one-year-old horse-dung; one peck of sand. ..."
4. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1847)
"A compost composed of the following materials will be found suitable:—To a
barrowful of turfy loam,—not sifted, but chopped with the spade,—add half a ..."
5. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1855)
"The following proportions of compost I grow them in most vigorously. To a barrowful
of turfy loam, two years old from the time of paring from the pasture or ..."
6. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1835)
"For strong plants Intended for exhibition, add to the same composition as a
stimulant, a barrowful of well-decayed night »oil, with the application of ..."
7. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1834)
"... and one barrowful of well rotted dung from a cucumber bed, ... and half a
barrowful of river sand: mix and chop these well together in the autumn, ..."
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