bushful

English

Etymology

bush +‎ -ful

Noun

bushful (plural bushfuls)

1. As much as a bush holds.
   • 1884, Ambrose Bierce, A Tough Tussle:

     What caused the breaking of that twig? — what the low, alarmed twittering in that bushful of birds?

   • 2011, Josie Dew, Slow Coast Home:

     The best thing about Hayling Island (apart from its spanners) was its bounteous bushfuls of blackberries, from which I readily grazed.

   • 2019, Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain:

     He rooted in the ground for pale grubs and tore at bee trees for honey and ate huckleberries by the bushful and was happy and strong.