cobble

See also: Cobble and coble

English[edit]

From Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (“stone”), note, nutt (“nut”), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (“lump; round object”). Equivalent to cob +‎ -le.

cobble (plural cobbles)

A cobblestone.
(geology) A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
Alternative form of coble (a kind of fishing-boat).

cobblestone — see cobblestone

cobble (third-person singular simple present cobbles, present participle cobbling, simple past and past participle cobbled)

(intransitive) To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
(transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.
I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.
(transitive, intransitive) To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

to make shoes

to assemble in an improvised manner

to use cobblestones for paving