spoilure rare.
(ˈspɔɪljʊə(r))
[f. spoil v.1, after failure.]
The act of plundering or despoiling.
| a 1918 W. Owen Poems (1931) 77 Be slowly lifted up..Great gun..about to curse... Be not withdrawn, dark arm, thy spoilure done. 1928 Daily Sketch 7 Aug. 19/2 Lion, my Lord, this camp was left in your charge. You made a big spoilure of it, so I am taking your work away. |