cobble-stone
Also 5 cobyl(l)-, 6 cobbyl-, 6–7 coble-.
A water-worn rounded stone, such as is used for paving; = cobble n.1 1. Cf. also cobbled ppl. a.2
| c 1475 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 768 Hic rudus, a cobylstone. 1530 Palsgr. 206/2 Cobbylstone, caillou. 1610 Holland Camden's Brit. i. 712 They..brought such a deale of coble⁓stones for ballais to their ships. 1810 Hull Improv. Act. 34 Paving or cobble stones. 1860 Merc. Mar. Mag. VII. 208 Rude houses, constructed of large cobble stones. |
| attrib. 1879 C. E. Pratt Amer. Bicycler, A..very stony way is difficult; so is a cobble-stone pavement. |
† b. See
quot. Obs. (
Cf. cherry-stone 1.)
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 84 Cobyllstone, or cherystone, petrilla. |
Hence
cobble-stoned ppl. a., paved with cobbles.
| 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma iv. 13 Bumping the lumbering vehicle along the cobble-stoned street. |