knobbler
(ˈnɒblə(r))
[f. knobble n. + -er1.]
1. = knobber.
| 1686 R. Blome Gent. Recreat. ii. 75 The Hart is called the first year a Calf,..the second year a Knobler. a 1832 Scott (Webster 1864), He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet⁓headed knobbler. 1971 Country Life 19 Aug. 431/2 They were all dead, six of them: five hinds and calves and a small knobbler. |
2. Metallurgy. A shingler; also nobbler, q.v.