wine-bottleful

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From wine bottle +‎ -ful.

Noun

wine-bottleful (plural wine-bottlefuls)

  1. As much as a wine bottle will hold.
    • 1897 September 27, Brinsley Nicholson, “Of Agrimonia in Tænia and in Scorbutus”, in The Medical Times and Gazette. A Journal of Medical Science, Literature, Criticism, and News, volume II, number 1526, London: […] J. & A. Churchill, […], section II (Agrimonia in Scorbutus), page 367:
      Having requisitioned for lime-juice, about a dozen or two of wine-bottlefuls were received, with the reply that more could not be spared, as it was required by the Navy.
    • 1994 March 24, “How to make infused oils”, in Daily Press, 99th year, number 83, Newport News-Hampton, Va., page E5:
      With a few clean glass bottles, pure olive, safflower or canola oil, herbs, dry spices and even vegetables, you can make a wine-bottleful for a dollar or two.
    • 2002, Richard Trillo, The Rough Guide to Kenya, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 375:
      The art of beekeeping is a Kamba speciality but local custom varies – the honey often has a smokey taste after the bees have been smoked out when the keepers collect it. Bottom price is about Ksh120 for a wine-bottleful.
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