sclate

English

Verb

sclate (third-person singular simple present sclates, present participle sclating, simple past and past participle sclated)

1. Obsolete form of slate (“cover with slates”).

Noun

sclate (countable and uncountable, plural sclates)

1. Obsolete form of slate.

Anagrams

• CELTAs, Castel, Castle, castle, cleats, eclats, éclats

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sklate, sclathe, slate

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French esclate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsklaːt(ə)/, /ˈslaːt(ə)/

Noun

sclate (plural sclates)

1. slate

Descendants

• English: slate
• Scots: sclate
• Yola: skleat

References

• “sclāte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.