cobble n 1: rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads [syn: {cobble}, {cobblestone}, {sett}] v 1: pave with cobblestones [syn: {cobble}, {cobblestone}] 2: repair or mend; "cobble shoes"
Cobble \Cob"ble\, n. A fishing boat. See {Coble}. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. Cob coal. See under {Cob}. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. To make clumsily. "Cobbled rhymes." --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To pave with cobblestones. [1913 Webster]