Middle English Dictionary Entry
basket ful, basket-ful phr. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | basket ful, basket-ful phr. & n. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A basket full (of sth.), a basketful.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.MPChr.(LdMisc 108)22 : Seue bascates folle heo gadereden.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.110 : Too basket ful of bene chaf.
- a1450 Ch.Feasts (Roy 18.A.10)286 : xij baskettis full of broke mete.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1687 : Al the breth..smelde As men a pot of bawme helde Among a basket ful of roses.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)204/6 : With a baskett full of ry lovis.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)104/13 : Hys seruant come by hym wyth a basket full of bred.