rubble

noun

A loose mass of angular fragments of rock or masonry crumbled by natural or human forces.

noun

Irregular fragments or pieces of rock used in masonry.

noun

The masonry made with such rocks.

noun

Rough stones of irregular shapes and sizes, broken from larger masses either naturally or artificially, as by geological action, in quarrying, or in stone-cutting or blasting.

noun

Masonry of rubble; rubble-work.

noun

By extension, any solid substance in irregularly broken pieces.

noun

The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

noun

Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls.

noun

Rough stone as it comes from the quarry; also, a quarryman’s term for the upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a mass of stone; brash.