cobble

A cobblestone.

The narrow streets that twist and turn through the compact heart of Dent are surfaced with cobbles which, in the absence of pavements, spread right across from doorstep to doorstep.

A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling.

These men are located near the rolls in a pulpit, which is usually completely inclosed with heavy close-meshed netting or boiler plate, so that if a cobble occurs they will be protected from the rods which fly in all directions on such occasions.

The ideal control which they offer the reversing motor is such, when a cobble might be made in the steel mill, the metal can be handled gently, and very often the ingot saved.

To make shoes (what a cobbler does).

To assemble in an improvised way.

I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.

To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

Alternative form of coble (“a kind of fishing-boat”).