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Date: 1400-1500
Origin: From an unrecorded cobel 'small piece' (from cob) + stone

cobblestone

 noun
     
Related topics: Roads
cob‧ble‧stone [countable]
TTR a small round stone set in the ground, especially in the past, to make a hard surface for a road
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