Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Friable

Friable , adjective

[Latin friabilis, from friare to rub, break, or crumble into small pieces, compare fricare to rub, English fray: compare French friable.]

Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder.
Friable ground. — Evelyn
Soft and friable texture. — Paley