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cobble-stone
Also 5 cobyl(l)-, 6 cobbyl-, 6–7 coble-.
A water-worn rounded stone, such as is used for paving; = cobble n.1 1. Cf. also cobbled ppl. a.2
c1475Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 768 Hic rudus, a cobylstone. 1530Palsgr. 206/2 Cobbylstone, caillou. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 712 They..brought such a deale of coble⁓stones for ballais to their ships. 1810Hull Improv. Act. 34 Paving or cobble stones. 1860Merc. Mar. Mag. VII. 208 Rude houses, constructed of large cobble stones.
attrib.1879C. E. Pratt Amer. Bicycler, A..very stony way is difficult; so is a cobble-stone pavement.
†b. See quot. Obs. (Cf. cherry-stone 1.)
c1440Promp. Parv. 84 Cobyllstone, or cherystone, petrilla.
Hence cobble-stoned ppl. a., paved with cobbles.
1858R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma iv. 13 Bumping the lumbering vehicle along the cobble-stoned street. |