Mowled

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Crumbled or broke apart into small pieces, as a dialect verb meaning to crumble would be used in past tense
2. Past tense of a regional verb describing something that broke into fragments or lost its firm shape
3. Described something that had crumbled into bits, using the past form of an old dialect verb for crumbling

Etymology: "Mowled" is the past tense of "mowl," a rare verb recorded in Scots and northern English dialect, meaning to crumble or reduce to powder. The verb is likely connected to "mowl" or "mool," an old Scots word for soil or dust, which in turn seems related to "mould" (the loose earth). The exact early history is uncertain, and the dialect sources are thin, so the link to "mould" is best treated as probable rather than settled.