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Definitions for: Cobble [n] rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
[v] repair or mend; "cobble shoes"
[v] pave with cobblestones
Webster (1913) Definition: Cob"ble, n.
A fishing boat. See Coble.
Cob"ble, n. [From Cob a lump. See Cob, n., 9, and
cf. Copple, Copplestone.]
1. A cobblestone. ``Their slings held cobbles round.''
--Fairfax.
2. pl. Cob coal. See under Cob.
Cob"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cobbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cobbling.] [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together,
couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf.
Couple, n. & v. t.]
1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to
cobble shoes. --Shak. ``A cobbled saddle.'' --Thackeray.
2. To make clumsily. ``Cobbled rhymes.'' --Dryden.
3. To pave with cobblestones.
Synonyms: cobblestone, sett
See Also: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, pave, paving stone, repair, restore, touch on
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