[Etym. obscure: the form is dim. or freq., but the root does not appear; cf. KIBBLE sb.4] trans. To bruise or grind coarsely; to crush into small pieces. Also absol. Hence Kibbled ppl. a.; Kibbling-mill, a hand-mill for kibbling grain, beans, etc.
1790. in W. Marshall, Midl. Counties (E. D. S.).
1826. Sporting Mag., XVII. 352. A question in your last Magazine, respecting kibbled corn for hunters. Ibid., XVIII. 75. There is no kibbling mill equal to the horse’s grinders.
c. 1880. Sale Catal., Those [corn crushing machines] … will kibble beans, peas, Indian corn.
