Also 5 cobyl(l)-, 6 cobbyl-, 6–7 coble-. A water-worn rounded stone, such as is used for paving; = COBBLE sb.1 1. Cf. also COBBLED ppl. a.2

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c. 1475.  Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 768. Hic rudus, a cobylstone.

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1530.  Palsgr., 206/2. Cobbylstone, caillou.

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1610.  Holland, Camden’s Brit., I. 712. They … brought such a deale of coblestones for ballais to their ships.

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1810.  Hull Improv. Act, 34. Paving or cobble stones.

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1860.  Merc. Mar. Mag., VII. 208. Rude houses, constructed of large cobble stones.

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  attrib.  1879.  C. E. Pratt, Amer. Bicycler, 31. A sandy road, or deep mud, or very stony way, is difficult; so is a cobble-stone pavement.

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  † b.  See quot. Obs. (Cf. CHERRY-STONE 1.)

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 84. Cobyllstone, or cherystone, petrilla.

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  Hence Cobble-stoned ppl. a., paved with cobbles.

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1858.  R. S. Surtees, Ask Mamma, iv. 13. Bumping the lumbering vehicle along the cobble-stoned street.

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