[syn: cobble, cobblestone]
2.  repair or mend; 
- Example: "cobble shoes"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cobble \Cob"ble\, n.
   A fishing boat. See Coble.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cobble \Cob"ble\, n. [From Cob a lump. See Cob, n., 9, and
   cf. Copple, Copplestone.]
   1. A cobblestone. "Their slings held cobbles round."
      --Fairfax.
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   2. pl. Cob coal. See under Cob.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cobble \Cob"ble\, v. t. [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, n. & v. t.]
   1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to
      cobble shoes. --Shak. "A cobbled saddle." --Thackeray.
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   2. To make clumsily. "Cobbled rhymes." --Dryden.
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   3. To pave with cobblestones.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cobble
    n 1: rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make
         roads [syn: cobble, cobblestone, sett]
    v 1: pave with cobblestones [syn: cobble, cobblestone]
    2: repair or mend; "cobble shoes"