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Spale

Spale

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Noun.
[Cf.
Spell
a splinter.]
1.
A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2.
(Shipbuilding)
A strengthening cross timber.

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spale

spale

English

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Noun

spale ‎(plural spales)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A chip or splinter of wood.
  2. A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
  3. A strengthening cross timber.
  4. (ship-building) One of a number of cross-bands fastened temprarily to the frames to keep them in place until properly secured; a spaling.

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spatula, diminutive of Latin spatha.

Noun

spale f ‎(plural spalis)

  1. (anatomy) shoulder

Etymology

From Middle English spale ‎(“splinter”), perhaps partly from Old English *spalu ‎(“flat bar, flake, chip”) or Old Norse spǫlr ‎(“plank, rail, bar, short piece of wood”), both from Proto-Germanic *spaluz ‎(“pole, rod, thin bar, lath”); and partly as an alteration of Old English speld ‎(“ember, flake, torch, splinter, thin piece of wood used as a torch”), from Proto-Germanic *speldą ‎(“that which is split, splinter, board”); both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pala-, *(s)pel- ‎(“to split in two, split in half”). Cognate with Middle High German spale ("rung of a ladder"; > German dialectal Spale ‎(“a wooden split, wedge”)), Swedish dialectal spalu ‎(“splinter”), Norwegian dialectal spel, spela, spila ‎(“a splinter”), Icelandic spölur ‎(“bit, short piece”). See also split.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪl

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