Meaning of meterful | Babel Free

Definitions

enough to fill a meter.

rare

Examples

“If well constructed the latter class are most certain as to accurate measurement, but the former possess⟳ the advantage of allowing an uninterrupted current of water to pass⟳ through, which of course the latter cannot do, as the inlet and outlet valves must alternately be opened and closed to allow⟳ each meterful to be discharged and the registering vessel to be refilled.”

“Had I gone across the street to the brilliant premises of the Cut⟳ Rate Pharmaceutical where they burn electric light⟳ by the meterful I should no sooner have⟳ said “tooth-brush,” than one of the ten clerks in white hospital jackets would have⟳ poured a glittering assortment over the counter—prophylactic, lactic and every other sort⟳.”

“The type⟳ of tree from which shields were made is not often identified in Latin epic, perhaps because the adjective for lindenwood in Latin was too much of a mouthful or meterful, but more likely because a difterent wood (namely, willow) was used in Italy.”

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