sleighful

English

Etymology

From sleigh +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪfʊl

Noun

sleighful (plural sleighfuls or sleighsful)

1. As much as a sleigh will hold.
   • 1931, Robert L. May, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Montgomery Ward (publisher):

     […] Santa (soon driving his sleighful / Of presents and candy dollies and toys / For good little animals, good girls and boys)

   • 1954 September 11, Whitney Balliett, “Just Published”, in Saturday Review, volume XXXVII, number 37, page 56:

     An autobiography by Mr. Gilbert, who is, in case you’re too old to know, the man responsible for the Erector set, sleighsful of educational toys, and the recently adopted American Flyer model railroad.

   • 2007 January 18, Michelle Slatalla, “Rooting Around Grandma’s Basement in Cyberspace”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     By the end of December I was the delighted recipient of a sleighful of iced sugar cookies, bottles of Champagne and tiny Christmas tree ornaments (the one shaped like a bird was a regift, but still adorable).