spule

And there was Claverhouse, as beautiful as when he lived, with his long, dark, curled locks streaming down over his laced buff-coat, and his left hand always on his right spule-blade, to hide the wound that the silver bullet had made.

Redgauntlet 2008

And there was Claverhouse, as beautiful as when he lived, with his long, dark, curled locks streaming down over his laced buff-coat, and with his left hand always on his right spule-blade, to hide the wound that the silver bullet had made.

Wandering Willie’s Tale 1907

Claverhouse, as beautiful as when he lived, with his long, dark, curled locks streaming down over his laced buff-coat, and with his left hand always on his right spule-blade, to hide the wound that the silver bullet had made.

Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878

And there was Claverhouse, as beautiful as when he lived, with his long, dark, curled locks streaming down over his laced buff-coat, and his left hand always on his right spule-blade, to hide the wound that the silver bullet had made.

Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801

Then for dinner — there’s no muckle left on the spule-bane; it will brander, though — it will brander very weel.”

The Bride of Lammermoor 2008

Then for dinner -- there's no muckle left on the spule-bane; it will brander, though -- it will brander very weel. "

The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801