Middle English Dictionary Entry
scapelen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | scapelen v. Also scapule, (N) schapilen; p.ppl. scapeld, scapled, scapul(e)d, skapeled. |
| Etymology | OF eschapler, eschapeler, ONF escapler & ML scapellāre, scapill-, AL scapulāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To rough-hew (stone); square (a block of stone); also, ppl. scapeld as adj.
Associated quotations
- (1364) in Salzman Building in Engl.122 : 38 damlades 3 dol' pond' werkstane scapeld.
- (1400) in Salzman Building in Engl.110 : Mouldestone called skewes skapeled.
- (1421) Indent.Catterick in Archaeol.J.757 : Ye wherreours brekes ye saide stanes And schapils yaim.
- (1442) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1386 : iiij c xvj fote of Seuerant table scapled with poynts aftur a molde to theym also therof deliuered.
- (1477) in Salzman Building in Engl.39 : For the whiche c lode of stone so scapuld, sette, and filled and for the othir couenaunce aforsaid the said Bisshop shall pay unto the said John xix li.
- (1478-9) in Salzman Building in Engl.540 : The said John shalle scapule and hewe sufficiently and warkmanly asmoche stone as is and shalbe nedeful for the sufficiant reparacon and amendyng of the said brigge peris..the said Bisshop at his coste and charge shalle fynde and make to be caryed alle the said stonne so scapuled.