cribble
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cribble
- /ˈkɹɪbəl/
Rhymes with -ɪbəl
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French crible, from Late Latin criblus (“sieve”).
noun cribbles
- A coarse sieve or screen.
- Coarse flour or meal. Bread made of the whole Wheat is sometime called Cribble or fine Ravel Bread
verb cribbles · cribbling · cribbled
- To pass something through a sieve.
adjective more cribble · most cribble
- coarse 1849, Henry Bullinger, H. I (translator), The Decades The gardens, with digging for novelties, are turned over and over, because we will not eat common cribble bread.
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