spule

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noun

A shoulder.

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Meanings

nounspule (plural spules)

plural spules

  1. ScotlandA shoulder.

    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.

    1803, “Christie's Will”, in Walter Scott, editor, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, 2nd edition, volume III, Edinburgh: James Ballantyne, page 113

Origin

Either: * A variant of spauld, spaul (“shoulder”). * Unrelated to spauld, and of obscure origin.

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APA

spule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spule

MLA

“spule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spule. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spule,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spule.

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