Meaning of legful | Babel Free

Definitions

1. As much as goes on or in a leg.
2. As much as can be moved by a leg.

Examples

“It's the things you get⟳ besides the smelts— the spring⟳ moon over the spruces, the rush⟳ of the snow-water through the sets, the sudden excruciating breathlessness when you go in over your boots and have⟳ a legful of that same water.”

“But Josef's snake was in a state of such rage and pain that it vengefully administered a legful of lethal anaesthetic.”

“ECG, legful of blood taken, can't be much left, X rays and a doctor that was fantastic; laid it all out so I could understand⟳ it.”

“As they passed, I stopped, leaned over, straight legged, to slowly smooth my hosiery from ankle to thigh. I gave them an eyeful (and most of my legful).”

“In the corner of the door jamb, the spider flings legfuls of web over the moth, spinning it around like⟳ a chunk of wood on a lathe.”

“The male rolls while the female, who has met the male at the dung pile, rides on his ball. down legfuls of dung to feed⟳ from later or to fashion into brood balls that serve⟳ as food for their larvae.”

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