a. Obs. [f. AVAIL sb. + -FUL.] Of much avail, of advantage; serviceable, profitable. (A good word, taking up the earlier sense of AVAILABLE.)
1598. Florio, Gionéuole, helpefull, auailefull, profitable. Ibid. (1603), Montaigne (1634), 463. Beautie is the true availefull advantage of women.
1650. H. Brooke, Conserv. Health, 69. Riding is availful for the stomach.
