Noun: scull
| Singular | scull |
| Plural | sculls |
Sample Sentences
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The sculls were so tender, that they generally fell to pieces on being touched. The other bones were stronger. There were some teeth which were judged to be smaller than those of an adult; a scull which on a slight view, appeared to be that of an infant, […] [1801, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the state of Virginia, page 144:]
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The scull is a head piece, without visor or bever, resembling a bowl or bason, such as was worn by our cavalry, within twenty or thirty years. [1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 11:]
Nouns inflected like scull
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English sculle (“a type of oar”), of uncertain origin, possibly from North Germanic, from Old Norse skola (“to rinse, wash”). See: Middle English Nouns '
sculle', Old Norse Nouns '
skola'.