Cobble
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑb.l̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒb.əl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒbəl
Noun[edit]
cobble (plural cobbles)
- A cobblestone.
- (geology) A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- (manufacturing) A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling.
- 1913, Report on Conditions of Employment in the Iron and Steel Industry in the United States, United States Bureau of Labor:
- These men are located near the rolls in a pulpit, which is usually completely inclosed with heavy close-meshed netting or boiler plate, so that if a cobble occurs they will be protected from the rods which fly in all directions on such occasions.
- 1915, Proceedings of Association of Iron & Steel Electrical:
- The ideal control which they offer the reversing motor is such, when a cobble might be made in the steel mill, the metal can be handled gently, and very often the ingot saved.
- 1919 April, “Rolling Mill Research Laboratory Founded”, in Blast Furnace and Steel Plant, volume 7:
- In practical mill work a roller often has to wait days and sometimes weeks before he can catch this condition, as he could not consider the stopping of production while he made a cobble in some particular roll pass that was giving him trouble, and it is mainly by studying the cobbles that the action of the steel can be observed and studied.
- 2009, Vladimir B. Ginzburg, Flat-Rolled Steel Processes: Advanced Technologies, page 231:
- Cameras pointed between stands could be saved for 5 or 7 days, enough to troubleshoot cobble or off-level mills.
Translations[edit]
cobblestone — see cobblestone
Verb[edit]
cobble (third-person singular simple present cobbles, present participle cobbling, simple past and past participle cobbled)
- (intransitive) To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
- (transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.
- I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.
- (transitive, intransitive) To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to make shoes
to assemble in an improvised manner
to use cobblestones for paving
Etymology 2[edit]
See coble.
Noun[edit]
cobble (plural cobbles)
- Alternative form of coble (“a kind of fishing-boat”)