spade-iron

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The blade of a spade, with the tang or socket by which it is secured to the handle.
2. n. In heraldry, a bearing representing
3. n. the whole blade of a spade, without the handle or with a truncated piece of the handle, or
4. n. an iron or steel border put upon the blade of a spade to reinforce or repair it. This border is generally represented with some ornamental outline engrailed or lobed on its inner edge, and is also called shoeing of a spade.