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:
spallsOrigin 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.
From Wiktionary
Middle English spalle
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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