From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cobble \Cob"ble\, noun A fishing boat. See {Coble}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cobble \Cob"ble\, noun [From {Cob} a lump. See {Cob}, noun, 9, and cf. {Copple}, {Copplestone}.]
1. A cobblestone. ''Their slings held cobbles round.'' --Fairfax.
2. pl. Cob coal. See under {Cob}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cobble \Cob"ble\, verb (used with an object) [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}, noun & verb (used with an object)]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cobble
noun: rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads [syn: {cobblestone}, {sett}]
verb
1: pave with cobblestones
2: repair or mend; "cobble shoes"
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