armful

noun

1. The amount an arm or arms can hold.

   “Upon this, by Conſent, the Doctors put a Good Armful of Warm Womans Fleſh into the Bed to him, [...]”

   “[T]hough Pyrocles and Muſidorus at other times would diſpence with the length of the ſports, yet now, in reſpect of the armfuls of joys they were to expect in bed, they thought them tedious; [...]”

   “The Lodge is to be made after this Manner; [...] You muſt lay a good Handful of Straw under the Cord upon the Turf, to prevent dirting the Cord, as well as ſpoiling the Turf, and you had need to have a good Armful in your Lodge, to keep you warm and dry, as Occaſion requires; [...]”

   “[I]t was thus the passion of Mr. Panton allayed its overflowings: for very shortly after his marriage, he again fell passionately in love with another lady; a bona roba Queen, the full head taller than himself, and more than an armfull.”