legful means as much as goes on or in a leg. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 92 out of 100.
Etymology
From leg + -ful.
noun
- As much as goes on or in a leg.“It's the things you get besides the smelts— the spring moon over the spruces, the rush of the snow-water through the sets, the sudden excruciating breathlessness when you go in over your boots and have a legful of that same water.”
- As much as can be moved by a leg.“In the corner of the door jamb, the spider flings legfuls of web over the moth, spinning it around like a chunk of wood on a lathe.”