Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Scapple

Scapple (skap"p'l) , transitive verb

[Compare Old French eskapeler, eschapler, to cut, hew, Late Latin scapellare. Compare Scabble.]

(a)
To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.
(b)
To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone. — Gwilt