[f. COBBLE v.1 + -ING1.] The action of the verb COBBLE, q.v.
1634. Canne, Necess. Separ. (1849), 44. Their old former occupation of husbandry, cobbling, cookery.
a. 1764. Lloyd, Cobbler Tessington (R.). Cobbling extends a thousand ways, Some cobble shoes, some cobble plays.
1883. J. Parker, Tyne Chylde, 306. A trumpery question of social cobbling.