1. a considerable number or amount; a good deal
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect

1. to handle or manage; to deal with
Usage: archaic; chiefly Scottish

Examples

• There was a hantle of people at the market that day.
• He had a hantle of trouble with his old car.
• She received a hantle of letters after the announcement.
• The farmer had a hantle of sheep to tend to.
• They spent a hantle of time preparing for the event.