Dictionary entry

Cobble (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.