basinfulEtymologyFrom Middle English bacin-ful, basyn full, equivalent to basin + -ful.basinful means as much as a basin will hold. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.nounAs 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.”