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scabble

[ skab-uhl ]

verb (used with object)

scabbled, scabbling.
  1. to shape or dress (stone) roughly.

scabble

/ ˈæə /

verb

  1. tr to shape (stone) roughly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scabble1

1610–20; variant of scapple < Middle French escapeler to dress (timber)
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scabble1

C17: from earlier scapple, from French escapler to shape (timber)
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Workers used a device like a pneumatic drill to “scabble” the concrete, knocking off the surface layer.

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