Cobble \Cob"ble\, n. [From Cob a lump. See Cob, n., 9, and
cf. Copple, Copplestone.]
1. A cobblestone. ``Their slings held cobbles round.''
--Fairfax.
2. pl. Cob coal. See under Cob.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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. ``A cobbled saddle.'' --Thackeray.
2. To make clumsily. ``Cobbled rhymes.'' --Dryden.
3. To pave with cobblestones.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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