threadful

Noun

1. The amount that a thread will hold.
   • Alas, my friend ! the Fates here spun thy threadful ! Sure, never yet was heard a case so dreadful. - 1826, Traditions and Recollections:
   • "When these beads are worn out ... so that they cannot be strung neatly and evenly on the thread, they no longer consider them as good. Their way of trying them is to rub the whole threadful on their noses; if they find...
   • The bottom of the thread is tapered so that, after the screw has "taken its bite," the volume increases as the threadful advances, and the flow to the pipe is free and easy in consequence. - 1920, Cecil Frederic...