provinceful

English

Etymology

From province +‎ -ful.

Noun

provinceful (plural provincefuls)

1. the amount that a province can hold.
   • 1913, William Henry Taylor, Canadian Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, with a Medley of Reveries in Verse and Prose and Other Curios, page 26:

     The cherry came from Persia, so they say, Well, Cyrus and his army here might stay A Week Or two, and with the birds dispute Their title to a provinceful of fruit.

   • 1995, Kenneth Leithwood, Effective School District Leadership: Transforming Politics into Education, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 171:

     Local boards overestimate options open to the Department of Education, a provincial leader says: There's a provinceful of auditors.

   • 2011, Jose Dalisay, In Flight: Two Novels of the Philippines, IPG, →ISBN, page 91:

     Munding governs a provinceful of Communists, he's the last of the free, though he doesn't know it.