spaddle
spaddle noun: a little spade.
Noun
spaddle (plural spaddles)
- A little spade.
- A kitchen tool that is flattened at one end, similar to a spatula, usually made of wood or copper.
- Pick the stalks from the strawberries, and put them into a large copper preserving pan; mash them with your spaddle to break them as much as you can;1807, Frederick Nutt, The Complete Confectioner, page 42
- Take some cheries, quite ripe, clear them from the stalks and stones, put them in a pan on the fire, and boil them for a little time; take them off and pass them through a hair sieve, by the help of a spaddle,' weigh the pulp, and to every pound add a pound of loaf-sugar; clarify it, and boil it to...1829, William Alexis Jarrin, The Italian Confectioner, page 61
Forms of spaddle
| plural | spaddles |
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Origin of spaddle
Probably spade + -le, but compare spattle and paddle.
Questions about spaddle
- What does spaddle mean?
- Spaddle means a little spade.
- What part of speech is spaddle?
- Spaddle is a noun.
- What is the plural of spaddle?
- The plural of spaddle is spaddles.
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