spalling

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spalling

  1. present participle and gerund of spall
    • 2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival: Ribblehead Viaduct repairs”, in Rail, page 27:
      * Cutting back of spalling masonry, reinforcement and repair using colour-matched stone repair mortar.

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spalling (countable and uncountable, plural spallings)

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  1. The process of reducing (stone blocks, etc.) to an approximately level surface by hammering.
    • 1919, The British Clay Worker, volume 27, page xxxi:
      In the British-made Greek bricks the magma is not so evenly distributed, but after successive spallings the brick is converted bit by bit into the larger crystal formation []
  2. Any process that spalls a surface, or the damage that results from that process: spallation.
    • 2021 May 5, Paul Stephen, “Restoring the glory of Ribblehead”, in RAIL, number 930, page 39:
      He says: "If we'd left any cracks exposed then it could have resulted in spalling.
  3. A fragment or chip of stone.
    • 1967, Mining Engineering, volume 19, page 136:
      A third process fluid, water, is employed to cool the burner and to aid in the removal of spallings.
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