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yardful

yardful

4.2
An amount of cloth one yard long
  • noun
  • /ˈjɑrdfəl/
translation icon : yarda
  • The tailor measured out a yardful of silk for the dress.

Examples

  • A yardful of wool is enough for my sweater.

  • She bought a yardful of ribbon to decorate the gift boxes.

  • He needed just a yardful of fabric to finish the project.

  • I bought a yardful of fabric for the project.

  • The tailor measured out a yardful of silk for the dress.

  • She bought a yardful of ribbon to decorate the gift boxes.

  • He needed just a yardful of fabric to finish the project.

Surface Forms

yardful singular
yardfuls plural

Morphology

yardful = yard (transparent) = yard + ful

Formed straightforwardly from 'yard' (here the unit of measure for fabric) + '-ful' meaning an amount equal to one yard.

Etymology

Yardful is made from yard and -ful, where yard here means a length of 'three feet' (think of a yardstick) and -ful means 'as much as'. So a yardful of fabric is simply 'as much as a yard', which explains this meaning.