globeful

English

Etymology

From globe ‎ -ful.

Noun

globeful (plural globefuls)

1. As much or as many as would fill a globe.
   • 1918, Louise Dunham Goldsberry, “Out of the Depths”, in Ted: And Some Other Stories, Boston, M.A.: The Gorham Press, page 146:

     Even in her daze of misery she was conscious of that keen thrill as she stood in the radiance. Shaft of dense black above its center, quivering circles on the asphalt set in circles of black. Off into the city's heart the great globefuls of white fire marked wide way.

   • 1992, Janine M. Benyus, Beastly Behaviors: A Zoo Lovers Companion, Reading, M.A. […]: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 3:

     The wonderful thing about a zoo is that you can see an entire globeful of nature's inventiveness in a few accessible acres.

   • 2004 October 5, Jenny Dubin, “Serial summit disorder”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[1], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-25:

     Climbers a century ago had a globeful of far-flung, virgin summits for the pickings. The contest wasn't about bagging peaks but about facing an unknown, frozen monolith of ice and stone in gear little removed from streetwear.