English edit

Etymology edit

field +‎ -ful

Noun edit

fieldful (plural fieldfuls or fieldsful)

  1. A quantity that fills a field.
    • 2002, Clara M. Miller, Once a Demon, page 94:
      He certainly had been out in the rain last night and soaked up half a fieldful of soil by the look of him.
    • 2013, Dana Ardi, The Fall of the Alphas:
      Sure, it's tempting to go out and recruit an all-star for every position, and just as tempting to assume that a fieldful of superstars will translate into a victorious team.
    • 2016, Roy Rolfe Gilson, Miss Primrose: A Novel, page 172:
      Here beneath them the bloom of the golden-rod is upon the land; fieldsful and lanesful, it bars your way, or brushes your shoulders as you pass.