Now rare. Also 4 spadierne, -yrin, 5 -yrne, 6 spadeierne, Sc. spaid irne. [SPADE sb.1] The iron part, the blade or shoeing, of a spade.
1356. in Riley, Mem. Lond. (1868), 263. [One] spadierne, [and 2 iron] auugeres.
1383–4. Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 390. It. in uno spadyrin empt.
1472. Fabric Rolls York Minster (Surtees), 78. iij dos. hespes et vj spadyrnes et iij dos. snekes.
1502–3. Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 102. Pro iiij spadeiernys, vjd.
1545. Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., VIII. 360. Item, for foure spaid irnis.
1825–7. Berry, Encycl. Her., Spade-Iron, or the shoeing of a spade.
