(declension-2, neuter) ridge (of earth formed by ploughing)
(declension-2, neuter) breadth of a field
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Etymology
For *scabnum, from Proto-Italic *skaβnom, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ-no-m, from *skabʰ- (“to hold up, support”). Cognate with Sanskrit स्कम्भ (skambhá, “prop, support, pillar”).