kneeful

English

Etymology 1

knee +‎ -ful

Noun

kneeful (plural kneefuls)

1. Enough to cover of fill a knee.
   • 1969, Reginald Ottley, Brumbie Dust: A Selection of Stories, page 99:

     But I still had a kneeful of saddle.

   • 1988, Cully Gage, A Love Affair With the U.P., page 25:

     Its middle log had never been properly spiked down or tied with baling wire, so I always got a kneeful of water when I stepped on it.

   • 2015, Aoife Walsh, Too Close to Home:

     He never touched the Molloys, but Penny got a kneeful of black gravel once.

2. A blow with the knee.
   • 2011, Helen Hodgman, Jack and Jill, page 64:

     Get off or I'll let you have a kneeful right where you live.

Etymology 2

knee +‎ -ful, from the posture of kneeling in order to pray.

Adjective

kneeful (comparative more kneeful, superlative most kneeful)

1. Prayerful.
   • 2012, S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon, Quiet Talks on John's Gospel:

     It's the thing to do after a thoughtful kneeful study of the case as put by John.

Anagrams

• flunkee