bushel

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a dry measure of capacity used for grain, fruit, and similar goods

   The farmer sold apples by the bushel.

2. 2
   noun

   a large amount or quantity

   She had a bushel of letters to answer.

3. 3
   verb

   to repair or mend, especially clothing

   The tailor busheled the worn coat.

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Simplified etymology

Bushel entered Middle English from French and may ultimately be Gaulish. Besides naming a measure of capacity, it formerly meant the container used to measure that quantity, the sense found in “hide your light under a bushel.”

From Middle English busshel, from Old French boissel, a grain measure, probably from a Celtic word for a handful or palm. It became a standard dry measure in English trade.

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