scabrock

noun

1

: an area or outcropping of scabland

following the tongues of scabrock between the cultivated fields

—H. L. Davis

two-acre patch of scabrock

—W. M. Mason

2

: rock forming or scattered over the surface of scabland

Word History

Etymology

scab entry 1 + rock

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