spale

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A chip or splinter of wood. Scotland
  2. A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
  3. A strengthening cross timber.
  4. One of a number of crossbands fastened temporarily to the frames to keep them in place until properly secured.

词形变化

spales plural spail alternative speal alternative spell alternative spyle alternative spile alternative

词源

From Middle English spale (“splinter”), perhaps partly from Old English *spalu (“flat bar, flake, chip”) or Old Norse spǫlr (“plank, rail, bar, short piece of wood”), both from Proto-Germanic *spaluz (“pole, rod, thin bar, lath”); and partly as an alteration of Old English speld (“ember, flake, torch, splinter, thin piece of wood used as a torch”), from Proto-Germanic *speldą (“that which is split, splinter, board”); both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pala-, *(s)pel- (“to split in two, split in half”). Cognate with Middle High German spale ("rung of a ladder"; > dialectal German Spale (“a wooden split, wedge”)), dialectal Swedish spalu (“splinter”), dialectal Norwegian spel, spela, spila (“a splinter”), Icelandic spölur (“bit, short piece”). See also split.
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