scabble

[ skab-uhl ]

verb (used with object),scab·bled, scab·bling.
  1. to shape or dress (stone) roughly.

Origin of scabble

1
1610–20; variant of scapple<Middle French escapeler to dress (timber)

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British Dictionary definitions for scabble

scabble

/ (ˈskæbəl) /


verb
  1. (tr) to shape (stone) roughly

Origin of scabble

1
C17: from earlier scapple, from French escapler to shape (timber)

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