Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cobble"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cobble \Cob"ble\, n.
A fishing boat. See {Coble}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. pl. Cob coal. See under {Cob}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To make clumsily. ``Cobbled rhymes.'' --Dryden.
3. To pave with cobblestones.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cobble
n : rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make
roads [syn: {cobblestone}, {sett}]
v 1: pave with cobblestones
2: repair or mend; "cobble shoes"
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