Found 2 items, similar to spall.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: spall spall n : a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; “a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls” [syn: spawl]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Spall Spall \Spall\, v. i. To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface. [1913 Webster] Spall \Spall\, n. [OF. espaule; cf. It. spalla. See Epaule.] The shoulder. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Spall \Spall\, n. [Prov. E. spall, spell. See Spale, Spell a splinter.] A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge. [1913 Webster] Spall \Spall\, v. t. 1. (Mining) To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock. --Pryce. [1913 Webster] 2. (Masonry) To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering. [1913 Webster]