cobble

Meanings

Noun

• A cobblestone.
• A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
• Alternative of coble (a kind of fishing-boat).
• A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling.

Verb

• To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
• To assemble in an improvised way.
• To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

Origin

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