Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense cobbles, present participle cobbling, past tense, past participle cobbled
countable noun [usually plural]
Cobbles are the same as cobblestones.
They found Trish sitting on the cobbles of the stable yard.
Phrasal verbs:
See cobble together
More Synonyms of cobble
cobble in British English1
(ˈkɒbəl)
noun
1. short for cobblestone
2. geology
a rock fragment, often rounded, with a diameter of 64–256 mm and thus smaller than a boulder but larger than a pebble
verb
3. (transitive)
to pave (a road) with cobblestones
Derived forms
cobbled (ˈcobbled)
adjective
Word origin
C15 (in cobblestone): from cob1
cobble in British English2
(ˈkɒbəl)
verb(transitive)
1.
to make or mend (shoes)
2.
to put together clumsily
Word origin
C15: back formation from cobbler1
cobble in American English1
(ˈkɑbəl)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcobbled or ˈcobbling
1.
to mend or patch (shoes, etc.)
2.
to make or compose hastily or clumsily; improvise
often with up
Word origin
ME < cobelere, cobbler
cobble in American English2
(ˈkɑbəl)
noun
1.
a cobblestone
2. [pl.]
cob coal
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcobbled or ˈcobbling
3.
to pave with cobblestones
Word origin
prob. < cob
Examples of 'cobble' in a sentence
cobble
Bosses are now finalising plans to have the new street built alongside the four existing cobbled telly roads.
The Sun (2016)
Continue your stroll to supper along this narrow cobbled lane, where paintings and sculptures by local artists fill the doorways.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We have lunch beside the cobbled village square.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Challenging walk along a cobbled lane and moorland paths.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The replacement may well be cobbled together with some wire and a bit of imagination.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You can glimpse the sea from the rear cobbled courtyard garden.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We soon get lost in the medieval cobbled streets.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Next stop was a cobbled road under a railway bridge.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Just three skimpy draft scenarios that had been cobbled together hurriedly.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
These are set around a pretty cobbled courtyard with gardens.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Exposed beams and cobbled courtyards complete the cosy feel.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
After lunch in the cobbled square, you can take a relaxing boat trip down the river.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In the meantime, he has cobbled together a portfolio of other opportunities.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But if used they are cobbled together, although one or the other side always resents it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A rescue will no doubt be cobbled together this time.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Outside, is a cobbled square.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Snow still lay thickly over the forest, but had been cleared from the cobbled road which weaved its way down through the trees.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
Where once the population scurried for cover during the siege, today the cobbled streets of the old town were crammed with young people.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The original pine floors and knotted wood panelling both have a rich patina of time, and we love the steep staircase and the cobbled courtyard.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
So the Old Town is a jigsaw of medieval buildings jutting out at odd angles around narrow cobbled lanes.
The Sun (2016)
The narrow alleys and cobbled streets of the Lanes are lined with historic buildings and small, independent shops.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Groups of students return to their colleges, rushing along the same cobbled streets and winding passages that have long welcomed the finest minds in Britain.