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▪ I. † spaul, v. Obs. rare.
[In sense 1, ad. OF. espauler (mod.F. épauler); in sense 2, ad. OF. espaul(l)ier, both f. espaule, épaule shoulder.]
1. trans. In pass., of a horse: To be injured in the shoulder.
c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xii, If he may not be hole for all þis, do to hym as men done to an horse þat is spauled in þe sholder byfore.
2. intr. Of the shoulders: To move up and down during walking.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. cvi. (1869) 115, I go with my shuldren spaulinge [F. des espaules espauliant] and with my necke coleyinge.
▪ II. spaul
var. spall v.1; obs. f. spawl n. and v. |