scumentum Save DMLBS scumentum [AN escuemene < CL scutum+-mentum], stone cut to form coping of gable, skew stone. 1253 pro ‥ xvij pedibus de esscument’, mmmixcxxxvj pedibus de asselers Ac. Build. Hen. III 254 (cf. ib. 250: pro ‥ capitellis, lxviij pedibus de escus).