spalling

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of spall

   * Cutting back of spalling masonry, reinforcement and repair using colour-matched stone repair mortar.

   2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival: Ribblehead Viaduct repairs”, in Rail, page 27

plural spallings

1. countableuncountableThe process of reducing (stone blocks, etc.) to an approximately level surface by hammering.

   In the British-made Greek bricks the magma is not so evenly distributed, but after successive spallings the brick is converted bit by bit into the larger crystal formation […]

   1919, The British Clay Worker, volume 27, page xxxi

2. countableuncountableAny process that spalls a surface, or the damage that results from that process: spallation.

   He says: "If we'd left any cracks exposed then it could have resulted in spalling.

   2021 May 5, Paul Stephen, “Restoring the glory of Ribblehead”, in RAIL, number 930, page 39

3. countableuncountableA fragment or chip of stone.

   A third process fluid, water, is employed to cool the burner and to aid in the removal of spallings.

   1967, Mining Engineering, volume 19, page 136