Definition of "armful" []

• The amount that an arm or arms can hold. (noun)

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• "He worked methodically, even collecting an armful of the larger branches to be used later when the fire gathered strength."
• "Not until the bed was spread, the fire built, and a pot of beans boiling did Billy throw down the last armful of wood and begin."
• "If Sit-cum-to-ha had only remembered her grandfather, and gathered a larger armful, his hours would have been longer."