Fromcap +‎-ful.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæpfʊl/

capful (pluralcapfulsorcapsful)

1. The amount that will fit into acap.
2. (nautical) A lightpuff ofwind.
   • 1719,Daniel Defoe,Robinson Crusoe, page 9:

     "I warrant you were frighted, wer'n't you, last night, when it blew but a capful of wind?"

   • 1886,Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad,Folk and Fairy Tales, page182:

     " Last night, at sunset, there were plenty of the most respectable wind-clouds, but now there isn't acapful."

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