Definitions For Spale

Noun

SPALE (plural SPALEs) (Now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal, Scotland) A chip or splinter of wood. A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone. A strengthening cross timber. (shipbuilding) One of a number of cross-bands fastened temporarily to the frames to keep them in place until properly secured. :

Alternative forms

spail, speal, spell, spyle, spile

Etymology

From Middle English spale, , splinter, perhaps partly from or , both from ; and partly as an alteration of , from ; both from , *(s)pel-, , to split in two, split in half. Cognate with ("rung of a ladder"; > dialectal , dialectal , dialectal , spela, spila, , a splinter, . See also split.

Anagrams

ALSEP, ELSPA, Lapes, Leaps, Pales, Peals, Slape, e-pals, lapse, leaps, lepas, pales, peals, pleas, salep, sepal, slape