English edit

Etymology edit

tide +‎ -ful

Adjective edit

tideful (not comparable)

  1. (poetic, obsolete) Flooded with the waters of a tide.

Noun edit

tideful (plural tidefuls)

  1. (rare) An amount carried by the tide.
    • 1938, Glasgow (Scotland). Empire Exhibition, 1938. Highlands Committee, The Highlands and the Highlanders (page 110)
      [] tidefuls of seaweed []
    • 1952, Eric Taverner, The Making of a Trout Stream, page 35:
      [] a tideful of summer-fish coming up Moy to Ballina.