buttload

English

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons.
  • (dated) A large amount carried in a butt.
  • (by extension) Any large but unspecific amount.

Etymology

Compound from English butt (cart, backside, buttocks, push, boundary mark, flatfish, type of cart, large cask, bottom) + English load.

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English

load

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