shauln.
/ʃɔːl/ dialect.
1. A wooden scoop used for winnowing corn.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > winnowing > fan, cloth, or basket
fana800
windlec1175
weight1354
winnowing-cloth1375
winnow-sheetc1394
winnow-cloth1404
vanc1450
wind-cloth1500
wimsheet1532
winding-cloth1548
shaul1553
winnow1580
wan?1615
sail-fan1707
wind-screen1763
wind-sheet1891
1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 20v/2 A trey or shawlde to wynowe or wymble corne with, ventilabrum, pala.
1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 76 A Shawle: a shovel to winnow withall, Suss.
1766 Compl. Farmer Shawle, a shovel used in winnowing corn.
1884 West Sussex Gaz. 25 Sept. 2/6 Variety of tools, bushel, shaul, shovel [etc.].
1908 Essex Rev. 17 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.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > baker's equipment > tray or trough
kimnel1335
kneading-troughc1405
kneading-tubc1405
dough trough1440
shaul1600
hutch1658
sheet1747
baking tray1808
trendle1874
cookie sheet1900
society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > tub > [noun] > with sloping sides
shaul1600
1600 in W. F. Shaw Memorials of Eastry (1870) 226 Ite. in the buntting house one Bunting hutch, Two kneding showles.
1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Shaul, Showle, a wooden tub with sloping sides.
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