spallings

Noun

spalling (countable and uncountable, plural spallings)

1. The process of reducing (stone blocks, etc.) to an approximately level surface by hammering.
   • In the British-made Greek bricks the magma is not so evenly distributed, but after successive spallings the brick is converted bit by bit into the larger crystal formation […]1919, The British Clay Worker, volume 27, page xxxi
2. Any process that spalls a surface, or the damage that results from that process: spallation.
   • He says: "If we'd left any cracks exposed then it could have resulted in spalling.2021 May 5, Paul Stephen, “Restoring the glory of Ribblehead”, in RAIL, number 930, page 39
3. A fragment or chip of stone.
   • A third process fluid, water, is employed to cool the burner and to aid in the removal of spallings.1967, Mining Engineering, volume 19, page 136