1. plural of pailful; amounts that fill a pail or bucket

Examples

• The children carried several pailfuls of water from the well.
• She collected three pailfuls of berries during her morning walk.
• The janitor emptied multiple pailfuls of dirty water down the drain.
• We needed four pailfuls of sand to fill the sandbox.
• The farmer hauled pailfuls of grain to feed the chickens.
• After the storm, they bailed out pailfuls of rainwater from the boat.