[f. FONT sb.1 + -FUL.] As much as a font will hold.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Man of Law’s T., 258.
| She shal have nede to wasshe awey the rede, | |
| Thogh she a font-ful water with hir lede. |
1866. Blackmore, Cradock Nowell, iii. The tenants and labourers moistened their semi-regenerate clay with many a fontful of good ale, to ensure the success of the ceremony.
