cobble
noun
- by erosion (usually rounded) natural stone (clast of rock , between 63-200 mm in diameter according to ISO 14688)
verb
- to assemble in an improvised way
- to make shoes
- build/create roughly
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒb.əl/ / /ˈkɑ.bəl/ / [ˈkɑ.bl̩]
name
Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Coble. * As a German surname, Americanized from Kobel.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: See coble.
- Alternative form of coble (“a kind of fishing-boat”).
verb
Etymology: 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.
- To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
- To assemble in an improvised way.
“I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.”
- To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.