▪ I. shaul dial.
(ʃɔːl)
Forms: 6 shawlde, showle, 7–8 shawlé, 9 shaul.
[Perh. subst. use of shalde, obs. var. of shoal a., shallow.]
1. A wooden scoop used for winnowing corn.
| 1562 Withals Dict. 16/2 A trey or shawlde to wynowe or wymble corne with, ventilabrum, pala. 1674 Ray S. & E.C. Words 76 A Shawle: a shovel to winnow withall, Suss. 1766 Complete Farmer, Shawle, a shovel used in winnowing corn. 1884 W. Sussex Gaz. 25 Sept. (Advt.), Variety of tools, bushel, shaul, shovel [etc.]. 1908 Essex Rev. XVII. 23 The flail has been displaced by a steam threshing-machine, the barn-fan and the shaul by a winnowing-machine. |
2. A wooden tub with sloping sides used for kneading bread or for washing.
| 1600 in W. F. Shaw Memorials of Eastry (1870) 226 Ite. in the buntting house one Bunting hutch, Two kneding showles. 1887 Kentish Gloss., Shaul, Showle, a wooden tub with sloping sides. |
▪ II. shaul(d, shauling
see shoal, shoaling.