▪ I. cobbled, ppl. a.1
(ˈkɒbld)
[f. cobble v.1 + -ed1.]
Mended or put together clumsily (esp. of shoes), patched, botched; see the vb.
| 1575 Gascoigne Wks. (1587) 301 Learne to clout thine old cast cobled shoes. 1590 Spenser F.Q. i. iv. 28. 1622 Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 229 Old shoes, but not cobled. 1798 W. Hutton Autobiog. 19 As I could not afford to pay for binding, I fastened them together in a most cobbled style. 1864 Knight Passages Work. Life I. i. 120 With patched breeches and cobbled boots. |
▪ II. cobbled, ppl. a.2
(ˈkɒb(ə)ld)
Also 5 cobled.
[f. cobble n.1 or v.2 + -ed.]
† 1. cobbled stone = cobble-stone. Obs.
| c 1435 Torr. P. 1298 Sir Torrent gaderid cobled stonys. |
2. Paved with cobbles.
| 1853 G. P. Morris Poems (1860) 88 The omnibuses rumble Along their cobbled way. |