spalling

spalling

1. present participle of spall

spalling (plural spallings)

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. 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.

• spaller

• laplings