BUSHEL

bushel

(noun) a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches

bushel

(noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks

repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on

(verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; “She repaired her TV set”; “Repair my shoes please”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

bushel (plural bushels)

(historical) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

A quantity that fills a bushel measure.

(colloquial) A large indefinite quantity.

(UK) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.

Synonym: box

Verb

bushel (third-person singular simple present bushels, present participle bushelling or busheling, simple past and past participle bushelled or busheled)

(US, tailoring, ambitransitive) To mend or repair clothes.

To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.

Source: Wiktionary

Bush"el, n. Etym: [OE. buschel, boischel, OF. boissel, bussel, boistel, F. boisseau, LL. bustellus; dim. of bustia, buxida (OF. boiste), fr. pyxida, acc. of L. pyxis box, Gr. Box.]

1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

Note: The Winchester bushel, formerly used in England, contained 2150.42 cubic inches, being the volume of a cylinder 18

2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure. Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick Mark iv. 21.

3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.

Note: In the United States a large number of articles, bought and sold by the bushel, are measured by weighing, the number of pounds that make a bushel being determined by State law or by local custom. For some articles, as apples, potatoes, etc., heaped measure is required in measuring a bushel.

4. A large indefinite quantity. [Colloq.] The worthies of antiquity bought the rarest pictures with bushels of gold, without counting the weight or the number of the pieces. Dryden.

5. The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition