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scapple

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ˈskæp.əl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æpəl

1

verb

Meaning 1

To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To dress (e.g. stone) in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Compare Old French eskaper, eschapler (“to cut, hew”), Late Latin scapello. Compare scabble.