buttload

noun3

1. •
   (slang, vulgar) Any large but unspecific amount.

   • You can collect a metric buttload of data about user activity on your site without too much effort. — 1999
2. •
   (UK, old-fashioned) A large amount carried in a butt.

   • We spent all day Sunday and picked up a buttload of pecans.
3. •
   (UK, no longer used) A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons.

   • BUTT LOAD: about six seams. — 1796