- scabbled
- v. cut or chisel stone roughly
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
scabbled
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scabbled rubble — noun Etymology: from past participle of scabble : undressed stone masonry from which only the roughest irregularities have been removed before laying in a wall … Useful english dictionary
scabble — /skab euhl/, v.t., scabbled, scabbling. to shape or dress (stone) roughly. [1610 20; var. of scapple < MF escapeler to dress (timber)] * * * … Universalium
scabble — /ˈskæbəl/ (say skabuhl) verb (t) (scabbled, scabbling) to shape or dress (stone or concrete) roughly, as for providing a key for adhesion of a finish. Also, scapple. {French escapeler dress timber} …
scabble — [skab′əl] vt. scabbled, scabbling [earlier scapple < ME scaplen, aphetic < OFr escapeler, to dress timber < es (< L ex), intens. + chapler, to cut < Gmc * kappan, to split] to dress or shape (stone) roughly … English World dictionary
