barrowload

noun

Etymology

From barrow + load.

  1. derived from *leyt-
  2. inherited from *laidō
  3. inherited from lād
  4. inherited from lode
  5. compounded as barrowload — “barrow + load

Definitions

  1. The amount that fills a barrow.

    • Thousands of men wheeled millions of barrowloads of earth and rocks for hundreds of weeks—dumping, loading till solid ground was made on which the C.P.R. could found their dream.
    • [...] the 9.7 is routed into one of the other platforms to leave Platform No. 8 clear for the "Mail" and save the station staff a hurried transfer of a dozen or more barrowloads of mailbags.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA