Shale — Defs

01 n. A shell or husk; a cod or pod.

1.
A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
2.
A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.(Geol.)

Phrases & compounds

Bituminous shale — See under Bituminous.

02 v. t. To take off the shell or coat of; to shell.

1.
To take off the shell or coat of; to shell.
“Life, in its upper grades, was bursting its shell, or was shaling off its husk.” — I. Taylor.