kneeful
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editkneeful (plural kneefuls)
- Enough to cover of fill a knee.
- 1969, Reginald Ottley, Brumbie Dust: A Selection of Stories, page 99:
- But I still had a kneeful of saddle.
- 1988, Cully Gage, A Love Affair With the U.P., page 25:
- Its middle log had never been properly spiked down or tied with baling wire, so I always got a kneeful of water when I stepped on it.
- 2015, Aoife Walsh, Too Close to Home:
- He never touched the Molloys, but Penny got a kneeful of black gravel once.
- A blow with the knee.
- 2011, Helen Hodgman, Jack and Jill, page 64:
- Get off or I'll let you have a kneeful right where you live.
Etymology 2
editFrom knee + -ful, from the posture of kneeling in order to pray.
Adjective
editkneeful (comparative more kneeful, superlative most kneeful)
- Prayerful.
- 2012, S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon, Quiet Talks on John's Gospel:
- It's the thing to do after a thoughtful kneeful study of the case as put by John.