coggly
/ˈkɒɡ(ə)li
/adjective (cogglier, coggliest) dialect
Unsteady or shaky: she sat cocked to one side in a coggly canoe...
- The road was coggly with loose stones.
- You'll have to suffer on a coggly chair or a sofa that's lost its springs.
- We guffawed when he lost his footing among the coggly stones.
Origin
Early 19th cent: from dialect coggle 'shake from side to side; be unsteady; wobble' + -y1; related to cobble1.