1928 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 7 Feb. 17/1 Spackle... A surfacing compound for filling imperfection so as to bring up to a smooth and level surface areas that are to be painted or decorated. Claims use since Aug. 1, 1927.

1951 Home Painting, Wallpapering & Decorating ii. 34 You must be sure there is paint on the surface upon which you are going to put the spackle.

1971 Black World Mar. 65/2 After he did that he mixed the spackle with water and spread it as evenly as he could over the crack.

1990 FineScale Modeler Feb. 73/1 When the spackle is set, remove it from the mold, carefully cut it to size, sand if necessary, then paint it.

1950 Olean (N.Y.) Times Herald 11 Sept. 1/1 We clawed down the old paper, spackled up the nail holes, filled in the cracks, scraped the old window paint and shrouded the floor.

1971 Black World Mar. 67/1 People who could watch for him if Death came suddenly sweeping through the crack in the kitchen wall that he hadn't spackled properly.

1994 New Republic 14 Nov. 10 Schwartz's campaign has been carefully designed to spackle over all traces of her party affiliation.

2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 Nov. e3/1 But with an increasing range of cosmetic medical procedures that promise to unfurrow wrinkles, spackle creases, fatten up lips and plump cheeks.