knobble

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Middle English knoble; equivalent to knob +‎ -le.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

knobble (plural knobbles)

  1. A small knob.
    • 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 59, in Small Island[1], London: Review, page 524:
      [] I stared down into the chasm of this baby’s mouth, where the little pink knobble at the back of his throat was wiggling with the wind of his howl.

Derived terms

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

knobble (third-person singular simple present knobbles, present participle knobbling, simple past and past participle knobbled)

  1. (transitive) To give a knobbly surface to.
  2. (transitive, metallurgy) To produce wrought iron by treating (semirefined puddled iron) on a hearth before shingling.
    knobbled charcoal iron
    a knobbling furnace