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▪ I. shaul dial.|ʃɔːl|
Forms: 6 shawlde, showle, 7–8 shawlé, 9 shaul.
[Perh. subst. use of shalde, obs. var. of shoal a., shallow.]
1. A wooden scoop used for winnowing corn.
1562Withals Dict. 16/2 A trey or shawlde to wynowe or wymble corne with, ventilabrum, pala. 1674Ray S. & E.C. Words 76 A Shawle: a shovel to winnow withall, Suss. 1766Complete Farmer, Shawle, a shovel used in winnowing corn. 1884W. Sussex Gaz. 25 Sept. (Advt.), Variety of tools, bushel, shaul, shovel [etc.]. 1908Essex Rev. XVII. 23 The flail has been displaced by a steam threshing-machine, the barn-fan and the shaul by a winnowing-machine.
2. A wooden tub with sloping sides used for kneading bread or for washing.
1600in W. F. Shaw Memorials of Eastry (1870) 226 Ite. in the buntting house one Bunting hutch, Two kneding showles. 1887Kentish Gloss., Shaul, Showle, a wooden tub with sloping sides.
▪ II. shaul(d, shauling
see shoal, shoaling. |