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cob·ble
I. \ˈkäbəl\ transitive verb
(cobbled ; cobbled ; cobbling \-b(ə)liŋ\ ; cobbles)
Etymology: Middle English coblen, perhaps back-formation from cobelere cobbler
1. Britain : to mend, patch, or repair coarsely or roughly
< any holes he would cobble with sack-needle and string — Adrian Bell >
2.
a. : mend, repair
b. : make
< cobbled shoes >
3. : to make or put together roughly, clumsily or hastily often in a temporary or improvised fashion — often used with up
II. noun
(-s)
: a cobbled place : a coarse mending
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: back-formation from cobblestone
1.
a. : a naturally rounded stone larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder often arbitrarily limited by geologists to a size ranging from 64 to 256 millimeters in diameter
b. : such a stone used in paving a street or in other construction
2. also cobble coal cobbles plural, chiefly Britain : lump coal about the size of small cobblestones
3. : a ball or piece of waste iron or steel
IV. transitive verb
: to pave with cobblestones
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: perhaps from cobble (III)
Northeast : a rounded hill usually of moderate elevation
VI. noun
(-s)
Etymology: perhaps from cob (III) (swan) + -le (diminutive suffix)
: a common loon (Gavia immer); also : red-throated loon |