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spalla

spalla [AN espaule, espalle, espalde], spalda [aphaeretic form of < CL spatula], shoulder: a (of human being); b (of animal, esp. as joint of meat); c (of garment). a 1290 Ricardus ‥ ipsum percussit cum manu sua super spall[a]m CourtR 183/1 m. 4.  b 1240 (1307) in parco nostro de T. habeant ambas spaldas ad refeccionem fratrum infirmorum ChartR 93 m. 6; 1255 invenerunt H. K. de G. cum quatuor spaulis venacionis ‥ T. habuit unam spauliam de dono ‥ Hugonis SelPlForest 115; 1291 pro spaulla unius cervi quem rex contulit uni messori apud Vennystratford KR Ac 352/26 m. 5; 1326 in iiij spald' multon' et carnibus ferinis Ac. Durh. 15; 1360 in uno spald' multonis ij d. CourtR Carshalton 12; 1455 in una spada multonis j d. ob. Ac. Almon. Peterb. 71.  c 1384 una fanona poudrata cum auro et perlis, et lapidibus pretiosis in auro, cum spaulis duabus et maniculis de eadem secta (Invent. Windsor) MonA VI 1366.

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