shipload /ˈʃɪpˌloʊd/ noun2 •The amount (of cargo) that a ship can carry.The Penrhyn slate quarry possibly dates back to the sixteenth century, as it appears that in 1580 Sion Tudor asked the Bishop of Bangor for a shipload of slate. — 1945 •(informal, euphemistic) Minced oath of shitload.But, providing you have access to a shipload of coloured pencils and a naughty boy to sharpen them, they are a good and valid classroom method with a variety of applications. — 2006 formsshiploads
