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spule

spule noun: a shoulder.

Noun

spule (plural spules)

  1. (Scotland) A shoulder.
    • And he has opened the fair tower yate, / To Traquair and a' his companie; The spule o' the deer on the board he has set, / The fattest that ran on the Hutton Lee.1803, “Christie's Will”, in Walter Scott, editor, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, 2nd edition, volume III, Edinburgh: James Ballantyne, page 113

Forms of spule

pluralspules

Origin of spule

Either: * A variant of spauld, spaul (“shoulder”). * Unrelated to spauld, and of obscure origin.

Words formed from spule

Questions about spule

What does spule mean?
Spule means a shoulder.
What part of speech is spule?
Spule is a noun.
What is the plural of spule?
The plural of spule is spules.

Words near spule in the dictionary

  1. spuilzieing
  2. spuilzies
  3. spuing
  4. SPUIs
  5. Spulber
  6. spule
  7. spules
  8. spulye
  9. spulyed
  10. spulyeing
  11. spulyes

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