n. & v.
--n.
1. a flat broad fairly thick usu. square or rectangular piece of solid material, esp. stone.
2 a large flat piece of cake, chocolate, etc.
3 (of timber) an outer piece sawn from a log.
4 Brit. a mortuary table.
--v.tr. (slabbed, slabbing) remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks.
Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.