chestful

English

Etymology

From chest +‎ -ful.

Noun

chestful (plural chestfuls or chestsful)

1. As much as a chest will hold
   • 1839, Robert Montgomery Bird, The Adventures of Robin Day:

     and so we sent the boat, and took him off by night, him and the rest of them and a whole chestful of money

   • 1973 Alden Hatch - The Lodges of Massachusetts

     When Cabot Lodge came home from the war with a chestful of medals . . .

Anagrams

• futchels