barrowload

English

Etymology

barrow +‎ load

Noun

barrowload (plural barrowloads)

1. The amount that fills a barrow.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, “Grown Up”, in The Book of Small:

     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.

   • 1959 March, D. Bertram, “An old friend - the 9.7”, in Trains Illustrated, page 139:

     [...] 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.