pailfuls

noun

1. a more or less cylindrical container, usually with a hoop-shaped handle, for holding and carrying liquids, etc.; bucket
2. the amount held by a pail
   also pailful

Origin: ME paile < OE pægel, small measure, wine vessel < LL pagella (dim. of L pagina, page), a small page, in VL, a measure of area, later a measure of volume: infl. by OFr paele, a pan < L patella: see patella