cobble : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cobble	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for cobble
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cobble n rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads Synonym(s): cobble, cobblestone, sett v pave with cobblestones Synonym(s): cobble, cobblestone repair or mend; "cobble shoes"
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. [bd]A cobbled saddle.[b8] --Thackeray. 2. To make clumsily. [bd]Cobbled rhymes.[b8] --Dryden. 3. To pave with cobblestones.
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. [bd]Their slings held cobbles round.[b8] --Fairfax. 2. pl. Cob coal. See under {Cob}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cobble \Cob"ble\, n. A fishing boat. See {Coble}.