discful

English

Alternative forms

• diskful

Etymology

disc +‎ -ful

Noun

discful (plural discfuls)

1. the amout that a disc can hold.
   • 1963, Little Sandy Review, numbers 19-27, page 115:

     the group now breezes along with the assurance of the Marine Band on parade, and has reached even further into its collective songbag to offer us a grand discful of old-timey delights.

   • 1994, Joel Flegler, Fanfare, volume 18, page 235:

     As if this were not a decent discful, Hillier has added two more works in the chant idiom.

   • 2015, Will Bonsall, Will Bonsall's Essential Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant Gardening: Innovative Techniques for Growing Vegetables, Grains, and Perennial Food Crops with Minimal Fossil Fuel and Animal Inputs, Chelsea Green Publishing, →ISBN, page 145:

     Indeed, the true flowers are not conspicuous at all; what makes sunflowers stand out are the big yellow “petals” that surround the discful of florets.