cobble

¹cob·ble

verb \ˈkä-bəl\

cob·bledcob·bling\-b(ə-)liŋ\

Definition of COBBLE

transitive verb

1

chiefly British : to mend or patch coarsely

2

: repair, make <cobble shoes>

3

: to make or put together roughly or hastily —often used with together or up <cobble together an agreement> <cobble up a temporary solution>

Examples of COBBLE

1. expensive leather shoes cobbled in Italy

Origin of COBBLE

Middle English coblen, perhaps back-formation from cobelere cobbler

First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with COBBLE

bobble, gobble, hobble, Kabul, nobble, obol, squabble, wobble