saucepanful

English

Etymology

saucepan +‎ -ful

Noun

saucepanful (plural saucepanfuls or saucepansful)

1. Enough to fill a saucepan.
   • 1920, George E[dward] Gee, “The Zinc Process”, in Recovering Precious Metals from Waste Liquid Residues: […], London: E. & F. N. Spon, Limited, […]; New York, N.Y.: Spon & Chamberlain, […], page 54:

     But if this method is preferred, after you have drawn off what liquid you can with the syphon without disturbing the sediment at the bottom of the vessel, for this will contain the gold, add three or four saucepansful of boiling water, each saucepanful being added separately, and allowed to cool each time and the water carefully syphoned off; […]