English Dictionary: cobbled | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. |