▪ I. crimble
earlier form of crumble v. now dial.
▪ II. crimble, v. dial.
[Related to the root vb. *crimb-an, OE. crimman to press, compress, and to crumb a. contracted, bent, crooked, in the same way as crimple is to crimp v.1 and crump a.1: see crimple v. 2.]
intr. To shrink, cringe, go shrinking from observation.
| a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Crimble, to creep about privily, to sneak, to wind along unperceived. 1884 Cheshire Gloss., Crimble, to sneak out of an engagement. 1887 S. Cheshire Gloss., Crimble, intr. to cringe, to lift and draw together the shoulders..to avoid certain places, pick one's way. |