Bushelman

bush·el ¹  (bshl)

n.

1. Abbr. bsh. or bu.

a. A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in dry measure and equal to 4 pecks, 2,150.42 cubic inches, or 35.24 liters.

b. A unit of volume or capacity in the British Imperial System, used in dry and liquid measure and equal to 2,219.36 cubic inches or 36.37 liters. See Table at measurement.

2. A container with the capacity of a bushel.

3. Informal A large amount; a great deal: We have bushels of time, so relax.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman bussel, variant of Old French boissiel, from boisse, one sixth of a bushel, of Celtic origin.]

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bush·el ²  (bshl)

tr.v. bush·eled or bush·elled, bush·el·ing or bush·el·ling, bush·els

To alter or mend (clothing).

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[Probably from German bosseln, to do odd jobs, alteration (perhaps influenced by bosseln, to emboss) of basteln, to rig up, mend, probably from Bast, bast fiber (used to make rope), from Middle High German bast, from Old High German.]

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bushel·er, bushel·ler n.

bushel·man (-mn) n.