spule

English

Etymology

Either:

Noun

spule (plural spules)

  1. (Scotland) A shoulder.
    • 1803, “Christie's Will”, in Walter Scott, editor, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, 2nd edition, volume III, Edinburgh: James Ballantyne, page 113:
      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.

Derived terms

References
  1. “spaul, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
  2. “spule, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Danish

Verb

spule

  1. to hose down; to wash by directing a strong stream of water towards

Scots

Noun

spule (plural spules)

  1. shoulder
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