cobblyadj.
/ˈkɒbli/ Paved with cobblestones. Also figurative.In earlier dialect use in sense ‘full of lumps’.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [adjective] > paved > with specific material
pebble-paved1597
flaggeda1661
pebble-paven1821
Macadamite1824
asphalted1845
cobbled1853
cobblestoned1858
causewayed1865
stoned1869
kidney-paved1889
cobbly1891
stone-flagged1904
tar-sealed1928
tarmacked1966
1891 Bicycling News 4 Apr. 197 Out rough cobbly roads.
1894 Westm. Gaz. Dec. We want to put, if possible, a bit of the ‘light at eventide’ on the cobbly path of the old women.
1936 F. Stark Southern Gates Arabia xvii. 186 The city gate stood above, on a cobbly rise.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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adj.1891- close-fought
- close-grained
- close-grated
- close-growing
- close-grown
- close-guard
- close-guarded
- close-handed
- close-handedness
- close-harbour
- close-hauled
- close-head
- close-headed
- close-hearted
- close-herd
- close-hung
- close-jointed
- close-kept
- close-knit
- close-lagged
- close-lipped
- close-medium shot
- close-meshed
- close-minded
- close-mouth