Wiktionary
n. Enough to fill the palm of one's hand.
Usage examples of "palmful".
Tilting the canister and reaching inside with a reverent hand, she scooped out the stacks a palmful at a time and laid them gently in the curve of the plate.
Though its looks were not encouraging the flavor was better and she got it down, washed by several palmfuls of water from the stream.
Amy returned with two palmfuls of web, which she cleaned of prey and then draped on Sethe's back, saying it was like stringing a tree for Christmas.
Washing his hands, he then used palmfuls of water to rinse his neck where her muddy face had been buried.
With the water dripping out of reefer refrigerators I gathered up palmfuls and splashed it in my face and washed and washed my teeth and combed my hair and walked into L.
She turned on the faucet in the wood and marble washstand and splashed two palmfuls of cold water over her face.