bushel
English
/ˈbʊʃəl/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
- A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
- A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
- (colloquial) A large indefinite quantity.
- (UK) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.
Etymology
Derived from Old French boissel derived from Gaulish *bostyā (handful) derived from Proto-Celtic *bostā (palm, fist, palm of the hand) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gwost-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gwost-
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bushelage English
- bushelful English
- busheller English
- bushelman English
- bushelwoman English
- woman English
- бушель Russian
- *gwost- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷost-, *gʷosdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷosto- Proto-Indo-European
- bos Irish
- boissel Old French
- buŝelo Esperanto
- bušel Serbo-Croatian
- bucio Galician
- bas Old Irish
- bouessé Norman
- bouissé Norman
- buisset Norman
- *bostā Proto-Celtic
- boz Breton
- *bos Proto-Brythonic
- *bossâ, *bossa Gaulish
- *bossā Gaulish
- *bostyā Gaulish
- *bostyā Gaulish