"spale" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spales [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English spale (“splinter”), perhaps partly from Old English *spalu (“flat bar, flake, chip”) or Old Norse spǫlr (“plank, rail, bar, short piece of wood”), both from Proto-Germanic *spaluz (“pole, rod, thin bar, lath”); and partly as an alteration of Old English speld (“ember, flake, torch, splinter, thin piece of wood used as a torch”), from Proto-Germanic *speldą (“that which is split, splinter, board”); both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pala-, *(s)pel- (“to split in two, split in half”). Cognate with Middle High German spale ("rung of a ladder"; > dialectal German Spale (“a wooden split, wedge”)), dialectal Swedish spalu (“splinter”), dialectal Norwegian spel, spela, spila (“a splinter”), Icelandic spölur (“bit, short piece”). See also split. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|spale||splinter}} Middle English spale (“splinter”), {{inh|en|ang|*spalu||flat bar, flake, chip}} Old English *spalu (“flat bar, flake, chip”), {{der|en|non|spǫlr||plank, rail, bar, short piece of wood}} Old Norse spǫlr (“plank, rail, bar, short piece of wood”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*spaluz||pole, rod, thin bar, lath}} Proto-Germanic *spaluz (“pole, rod, thin bar, lath”), {{der|en|ang|speld||ember, flake, torch, splinter, thin piece of wood used as a torch}} Old English speld (“ember, flake, torch, splinter, thin piece of wood used as a torch”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*speldą||that which is split, splinter, board}} Proto-Germanic *speldą (“that which is split, splinter, board”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)pala-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)pala-, {{m|ine-pro|*(s)pel-||to split in two, split in half}} *(s)pel- (“to split in two, split in half”), {{cog|gmh|spale}} Middle High German spale, {{cog|de|Spale||a wooden split, wedge}} German Spale (“a wooden split, wedge”), {{gloss|"rung of a ladder"; > dialectal German <i class="Latn mention" lang="de">Spale</i> (“a wooden split, wedge”)}} ("rung of a ladder"; > dialectal German Spale (“a wooden split, wedge”)), {{cog|sv|spalu||splinter}} Swedish spalu (“splinter”), {{cog|no|spel}} Norwegian spel, {{m|no|spela}} spela, {{m|no|spila||a splinter}} spila (“a splinter”), {{cog|is|spölur||bit, short piece}} Icelandic spölur (“bit, short piece”), {{l|en|split}} split Head templates: {{en-noun}} spale (plural spales)
  1. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A chip or splinter of wood. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-spale-en-noun-D2y9OEEJ Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
    Sense id: en-spale-en-noun-BDV-HiHB
  3. A strengthening cross timber.
    Sense id: en-spale-en-noun-sMUygr4o
  4. (shipbuilding) One of a number of cross-bands fastened temporarily to the frames to keep them in place until properly secured. Synonyms: spaling
    Sense id: en-spale-en-noun-UR08iA2n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 8 4 50 Topics: business, manufacturing, shipbuilding
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spail, speal, spell, spyle, spile

Inflected forms

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