Dictionary entry

Dibble (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dib″ble, v. t. 1. To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting.

2. To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.

The clayey soil around it was dibbled thick at the time by the tiny hoofs of sheep. H. Miller.