'Cobble' definitions:
Definition of 'cobble'
(from WordNet)
noun
Rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads [syn: cobble, cobblestone, sett]
verb
Pave with cobblestones [syn: cobble, cobblestone]
verb
Repair or mend; "cobble shoes"
Definition of 'Cobble'
From: GCIDE
- Cobble \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make clumsily. "Cobbled rhymes." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To pave with cobblestones. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cobble'
From: GCIDE
- Cobble \Cob"ble\, n. [From Cob a lump. See Cob, n., 9, and cf. Copple, Copplestone.]
- 1. A cobblestone. "Their slings held cobbles round." --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. Cob coal. See under Cob. [1913 Webster]