buttload

== English == === Alternative forms === butt-load, butt load === Etymology === From butt +‎ load. Butt in this context may be possibly one or both of: butt (“large wooden cask”) (Etymology 3) butt (“two-wheeled cart”) (Etymology 5) Alternatively, the term may either be a corruption of English boatload or have been influenced by that term (except for the specific, West Country dialect sense). All senses above also synchronically reanalyzed as buttocksful. === Pronunciation === === Noun === buttload (plural buttloads) (obsolete, UK, West Country) A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons. Synonym: buttful Coordinate terms: cartload, cartful, wagonload, wagonful, drayload, drayful, sledgeload, sledgeful, boatload, boatful, assload (amount carried on donkeyback) (dated, British, Southern US, New England) A large amount carried in a butt. (by extension, mildly vulgar, slang) Any large but unspecific amount. Synonyms: assload, shitload, boatload, cartload, shedload; see also Thesaurus:lot === See also === tun (of wine or beer, contains two butts) pipe (of wine or beer, is 126 gallons or one butt) hogshead (of wine or beer, one-half butt) barrel (of wine or beer, one-quarter butt) ton cask keg