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spales

spales is the plural of spale.

Meaning of spale

Noun

spale (plural spales)

  1. (Scotland, Now chiefly dialectal) A chip or splinter of wood.
  2. A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
  3. A strengthening cross timber.
  4. One of a number of crossbands fastened temporarily to the frames to keep them in place until properly secured.
    Synonyms:
    spaling

Questions about spales

What is spales the plural of?
Spales is the plural of spale.

Words near spales in the dictionary

  1. Spalding peafowl
  2. Spaldonian
  3. Spaldonians
  4. spalds
  5. spale
  6. spales
  7. Spalford
  8. spalike
  9. spaling
  10. spalings
  11. spall

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