cropful
English
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editcropful (comparative more cropful, superlative most cropful)
- Having a full crop (belly); satiated.
- a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:
- Through the high wood echoing shrill:
Basks at the fire his hairy strength ;
Sometime walking, not unseen,
And cropful out of doors he slings
Etymology 2
editNoun
editcropful (plural cropfuls)
- Enough to fill the crop of a bird.
- 2000, Bernard Stonehouse, The Last Continent: Discovering Antarctica, page 105:
- They are waiting for their parents to return from the sea with cropfuls of fish, squid, krill, or whatever else passes for breakfast.
References
edit- “cropful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.