basinful

noun

1. As much as a basin will hold.

   “1748, Robert James, A Dissertation on Fevers and Inflammatory Distempers, London: Francis Newbery, Junior, 8th edition, 1778, p. 139, Of this chicken-water it is very proper to drink a small bason-full at a time, during the operation of the Powder, and more especially if the patient be sick.”

   “It would have been better, as it turned out, to have led gently up to this announcement, for Mrs. Micawber, being in a delicate state of health, was overcome by it, and was taken so unwell, that Mr. Micawber was obliged, in great trepidation, to run down to the water-butt in the backyard, and draw a basinful to lave her brow with.”

   “1853, Robert Browning, letter dated at Bagni di Lucca, 20 August, 1853, in Mrs. Sutherland Orr (ed.), Life and Letters of Robert Browning, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1891, p. 196, We are enjoying the mountains here—riding the donkeys in the footsteps of the sheep, and eating strawberries and milk by basinsful.”

   “The family once saw a little girl getting a bath, sitting out in the sun on an inverted jar, while her mother poured basinfuls of water over her and rubber her with her hands.”