LekhoriLekhoriA regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons.
BUTT LOAD: about six seams.
A large amount carried in a butt.
We spent all day Sunday and picked up a buttload of pecans.
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 corr...
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