scabble

[skab-uh l]

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verb (used with object), scab·bled, scab·bling.

to shape or dress (stone) roughly.

Origin of scabble

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

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British Dictionary definitions for scabble

scabble

verb

(tr) to shape (stone) roughly

Word Origin

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

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