gourdful

noun

1. As much as a gourd wili carry

   “Mother, make Harry bring me a gourdful fresh from the spring.”

   “She had been milked only a few hours before, and so he got only a gourdful from her.”

   “Cephas got a gourdful of water from the pail in the sink, and carried it carefully over to the table.”

   “I had a grim sense of amusement on finding that the old woman was not deaf, for she went out, and presently came back with a gourdful, which I eagerly drank.”