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Noun: boatload  'bowt`lowd
  1. The amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
    "he imported wine by the boatload"
    - shipload, carload

Derived forms: boatloads

Type of: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity

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