▪ I. † spaul, v. Obs. rare.
[In sense 1, ad. OF. espauler (mod.F. épauler); in sense 2, ad. OF. espaul(l)ier, both f. espaule, épaule shoulder.]
1. trans. In pass., of a horse: To be injured in the shoulder.
| c 1410 Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xii, If he may not be hole for all þis, do to hym as men done to an horse þat is spauled in þe sholder byfore. |
2. intr. Of the shoulders: To move up and down during walking.
| c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. cvi. (1869) 115, I go with my shuldren spaulinge [F. des espaules espauliant] and with my necke coleyinge. |
▪ II. spaul
var. spall v.1; obs. f. spawl n. and v.