[f. SPIT sb.3] A spadeful.
1842. Loudon, Suburban Hort., 129. Without the cross-piece or perforated handle of the spade, the operator could not easily lift a spitful or turn it over.
1855. Delamer, Kitchen Garden (1861), 165. When … I have taken out a spitful of mould, and put in its place a spitful of loam.
