cobble

Meanings

1. A cobblestone.
2. A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
3. A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling.

1. To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
2. To assemble in an improvised way.
3. To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

1. Alternative form of coble (“a kind of fishing-boat”).

1. A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (“stone”), note, nutt (“nut”), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (“lump; round object”). Equivalent to cob + -le.