barrowload

English

Etymology

barrow +‎ load

Noun

barrowload (plural barrowloads)

  1. The amount that fills a barrow.
    • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Grown Up,"
      Thousands of men wheeled millions of barrowloads of earth and rocks for hundreds of weeks—dumping, loading till solid ground was made on which the C.P.R. could found their dream.
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