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Scots
Etymology
From Middle English spawde, spaude, spalde, from Old French espalde (French épaule), from Latin spatula.
Pronunciation
Noun
spaul (plural spauls)
- (anatomy) limb, shoulder, shoulder-bone
- (geography) rounded projecting piece of ground, bank
- joint, shoulder, leg; wing or leg of a fowl; the cut of beef from the shoulder, shoulder steak (of a carcass)
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