Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete variant of
spall .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. The shoulder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Scotland The
shoulder .
Etymologies
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See spall the shoulder.
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Examples
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Tower of Glendearg, was one of the hopeful company of whom the poet complains, as was indicated by his “splent on spauld,”
The Monastery 2008
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One and all, the reivers were well armed, "with spur on heel, and splent on spauld," and with them they carried scaling ladders, picks, axes, and iron crowbars.
Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang
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Tower of Glendearg, was one of the hopeful company of whom the poet complains, as was indicated by his "splent on spauld," (iron-plates on his shoulder,) his rusted spurs, and his long lance.
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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