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spules

spules is the plural of spule.

Meaning of spule

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

Questions about spules

What is spules the plural of?
Spules is the plural of spule.

Words near spules in the dictionary

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

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