scapple /ˈskæp.əl/ verb2 •To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.Bluestone ashlar work, with rustic chamfered joints, the faces of the stones being left rough, as scappled from the quarry, at per cubic foot. — 1857 •To dress (e.g. stone) in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing.Paving is to be properly scappled, squared, and jointed, and bedded in mortar upon hard and dry rubble which has been well rammed. — 1836 formsscappled · scappling · scapples