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cobble¹

  • /ˈkɒb.əl/ UK
  • /ˈkɑ.bəl/ US
  • [ˈkɑ.bl̩] US
  • /ˈkɒb.əl/ Canada
  • /ˈkɔb.əl/ Australia
  • /ˈkɒb.əl/ Australia

Rhymes with -ɒbəl

Where it comes from

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.

Cognate to North Germanic kubb-, kobb- (“round object, bulge, heap, islet, seal, bowler hat, etc”).

noun cobbles

  1. A cobblestone. The narrow streets that twist and turn through the compact heart of Dent are surfaced with cobbles which, in the absence of pavements, spread right across from doorstep to doorstep.
  2. A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
  3. A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling. These men are located near the rolls in a pulpit, which is usually completely inclosed with heavy close-meshed netting or boiler plate, so that if a cobble occurs they will be protected from the rods which fly in all directions on such occasions.

verb cobbles · cobbling · cobbled

  1. intransitive To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
  2. transitive To assemble in an improvised way. I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.
  3. intransitive, transitive To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

cobble²

Where it comes from

See coble.

noun cobbles

  1. alternative Alternative form of coble (“a kind of fishing-boat”).

Cobble³

Where it comes from

* As an English surname, variant of Coble.

* As a German surname, Americanized from Kobel.

proper noun Cobbles

  1. A surname.

Translations

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verb to make shoes

Españolzapatero
Portuguêsfazer sapato
Deutschschustern

verb to assemble in an improvised manner

Españolensamblar
Portuguêsimprovisar
Deutschschustern
Русскийтопорно собира́ть toporno

verb to use cobblestones for paving

Españolempedrar
Русскиймостить mostitʹ

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@misc{cobble_2026,
  title = {cobble},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cobble},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}