Spall Definition

spôl
spalled, spalling, spalls
noun
spalls
A flake or chip, esp. of stone.
Webster's New World

(obsolete, rare) The shoulder.

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verb
spalled, spalling, spalls
To break up or split.
Webster's New World
To break off in layers parallel to a surface.
Webster's New World
To chip or crumble.
American Heritage
To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering.
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Other Word Forms of Spall

Noun

Singular:
spall
Plural:
spalls

Origin of Spall

  • From Middle English spalle (“a chip") (first documented in 1440), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the Middle English verb spald (“to split") (c.1400), from Middle Low German spalden, cognate with Old High German spaltan (“to split")

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  • From Italian spalla.

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  • Middle English spalle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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