spalle

• IPA^(key): /ˈspal.le/
• Rhymes: -alle
• Hyphenation: spàl‧le

spalle f

1. plural of spalla
2. back

• spella

• spolle

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the Middle English verb spald (“to split”) (c.1400), from Middle Low German spalden, cognate with Old High German spaltan (“to split”).

• IPA^(key): /spal/, /spɔl/

spalle (plural spalles)

1. chip, splinter

• English: spall
• Yola: spall

• “spalle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.